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  Whistleblower complaints spike during pandemic shutdown

  By David Yates | Thursday, Jun 18, 2020 @ 2:11pm

  HOUSTON - The SEC is reporting a sharp increase in whistleblower complaints since the pandemic shutdown, with swelling numbers of laid off workers reporting their employers for wrongdoing.

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• Another fraudulent claim identified by special master in BP case; investigator requests $240K repayment

  By Kyle Barnett | Tuesday, Oct 14, 2014 @ 10:04am

  NEW ORLEANS – An Alabama man has been ordered to return hundreds of thousands of dollars he received in an alleged scheme to defraud the claims program in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill program.

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• Asbestos abatement school owner sentenced

  By Michael Tremoglie | Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011 @ 3:00am

  Ortiz A woman who was one of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "most wanted" fugitives was sentenced Sept. 13 to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.

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• Floppy discretion

  By The SE Texas Record | Friday, Nov 27, 2009 @ 1:43am

  The details of class-action settlements rarely are publicized. Maybe that's because the logic of them might escape us.

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• Allied Electrical sues to recover past due account

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Apr 9, 2008 @ 8:18am

  Seeking to recover $79,890.94 on a past due account, Allied Electrical Contractors of Beaumont Inc. has filed suit against Johnson Controls Inc.

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