Whistleblowers: The New Bounty Hunters - Special Report - CNBC

Whistleblowers: The New Bounty Hunters - Special Report - CNBC

Current DateTime: 02:53:14 16 Jul 2011
LinksList Documentid: 41255896

• Dropping A Dime for Millions

  The Dodd-Frank law allows whistleblowers revealing corporate fraud to collect up to 30 percent of the amount recovered by the government. That means some insiders could receive big payouts.

BY EAMON JAVERS | BIO | FACEBOOK

The Bounty Hunter Boom

Current DateTime: 02:53:14 16 Jul 2011
LinksList Documentid: 41441055

• Wall Street Whistleblowers Ready to Cash In When President Barack Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform act into law last summer, very few in the financial industry knew that the bill included a massive change in the way whistleblowing law works in this country.

• Using Greed—and Lots of Cash—to Fight Greed Forget what you think you know about lone whistleblowers taking on giant corporations all by themselves. These days, there's a cottage industry to support—and profit from—whistleblowing.

• Exposing Fraud and Corruption in Drug Industry Taking a look at the biggest fraud cases of all time, and you're left with just one question: What's wrong with the pharmaceutical industry?

Meet the Whistleblowers

Current DateTime: 02:53:14 16 Jul 2011
LinksList Documentid: 41457157

• UBS Whistleblower Finds Himself in Federal Prison Bradley Birkenfeld once lived the high life as secret Swiss banker at UBS in Geneva. Then he delivered some of the world’s best-kept secrets to the US government, expecting a great reward. And now he sits in federal prison in Pennsylvania.

• Glaxo Worker Gets,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,