Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer |
Thursday, August 05, 2004
When Whistleblowing Pays Off Big
"Three former Schering-Plough Corp. workers - Charles Alcorn, 40, Beatrice Manning, 57, and G. Raymond Pironti, 36 - will split a $31.7 million award from federal prosecutors. The details of fraudulent practices they gathered resulted in fines and damages of $345.5 million and settlement of criminal and civil charges that the company offered kickbacks to health insurers and billed Medicaid too much for Claritin allergy pills."And what does one do after the whistle has blown, so successfully? The one who appeared at the press conference announcing the story is, where else, law school.
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