Press Releases

Washington, D.C. July 15, 2010. The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173)passed 60-39 by Congress today includes a number of provisions designed to protect employees who report fraud in the commodity and stock exchanges. The NWC website has information on the specific whistleblower sections. The bill includes a qui tam provision that provides […]

Washington D.C. June 17, 2010. In an unprecedented move the Swiss parliament voted to approve a deal between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and UBS in which UBS has agreed to turn over the names of 4,450 U.S. citizens who held secret and illegal bank accounts at UBS. Lindsey M. Williams, Director of Advocacy and Development of […]

Washington D.C. June 15, 2010. In a letter submitted to Attorney General Eric Holder today, attorneys for the National Whistleblower Center called on the Department of Justice to investigate BP and the entire oil industry, including contractors and subcontractors, for fraud committed against the U.S. government. The False Claims Act is the most powerful law available to […]

U.S. government “doing next to nothing” to stop tax evasion   Washington, D.C. June 8, 2010. Senator Chuck Grassley has expressed his outrage at the U.S. government’s handling of information provided by UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld. He sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury demanding that the IRS provide […]