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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Dark Pool Investment Fraud and ETF Investment Fraud Can Be The Basis of Confidential Whistleblower Reward Actions and Direct Investor Lawsuits

Dark Pool and ETF Investment Fraud Can Be The Basis of Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits and SEC Actions by Dark Pool and ETF Investment Fraud Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Dark pool investment fraud and ETF (exchanged-traded funds) investment fraud can be the basis of whistleblower reward bounty actions.  Through SEC bounty actions, investors and financial professionals can earn large financial rewards for properly exposing investment fraud.  For more information on this topic, please go to the following web pages: ETF Investment Fraud Whistleblower Rewards and Dark Pool Investment Fraud Whistleblower Rewards. 

ETF Investment Fraud

An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is an investment fund traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks. An ETF holds assets such as stocks, commodities, or bonds, and trades close to its net asset value over the course of the trading day. Most ETFs track an index, such as a stock index or bond index.  Because ETFs are based on other investments and can sometimes be leveraged on a particular stock, industry, bond, or commodity, a small decline in the underlying investment can cause a very large loss in the ETF.  For this reason, it is important for the investor to be able to trust their registered financial advisor, broker, fund manager, or investment company.  When fraud is committed by a registered financial advisor, broker, fund manager, or investment company, it is extremely important to expose the fraud through a bounty action or direct lawsuit against a registered financial advisor, broker, fund manager, or investment company.  For more information on ETF investments, please go to the following web page:

ETF Strategists: With Growth Comes Growing Pains | ETF.com

Dark Pool Investments

 Dark pool investments are transacted in trading venues that differ from public exchanges because orders are not visible to other traders until they are executed.  The lack of pre-trade price information is designed to help institutional investors trade large blocks of shares without the market moving against them.  These dark pool investments are still susceptible to several types of securities fraud and can often be harder to detect because the orders are less visible.  For more information on dark pool investment and a recent SEC action, please go to the following web page:

Barclays, Credit Suisse strike record deals with SEC, NY over dark pools | Reuters

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Mutual Fund Investment Fraud Can Be The Basis of Direct Claims/Lawsuits or Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits by Mutual Fund Fraud Lawyer Jason Coomer

Mutual Fund Investment Fraud Can Be The Basis of Direct/Claims Lawsuits Against Investment Advisors and Investment Companies or Bounty Action Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits Through The SEC by Mutual Fund Fraud Lawyer Jason Coomer

Mutual fund investment fraud can be the basis of direct lawsuits against against a registered investment advisor or investment company as well as whistleblower reward lawsuits through the SEC.  Investors and financial professionals with evidence of mutual fund fraud can confidential report mutual fund fraud through a lawyer and obtain large financial rewards for exposing investment fraud.  For more information on these types of cases, please go the following web pages: Mutual Fund Fraud Bounty Action Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits and Mutual Fund Fraud Investment Fraud Lawsuits

Direct Lawsuits and Claims Against Mutual Fund, Investment Advisors, and Investment Companies

Direct lawsuits and claims against mutual fund managers, investment advisors, and investment companies can arise when a financial advisor, mutual fund manager, or investment company commits fraud or negligence which results in an investor losing a large amount of money.  Another type of direct lawsuit against a mutual fund manager, financial advisor, or investment company is a breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit which arises when a mutual fund manager, financial advisor, or investment company breach a fiduciary duty to an investor.  These direct lawsuits typically require a significant loss to have been suffered by the investor to make the lawsuit/claim economically feasible.

Mutual Fund Investment Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits

A mutual fund investment fraud whistleblower reward lawsuit is a type of a bounty action that can be filed be an investor or financial professional through a lawyer who files that action with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.  In this type of lawsuit, the financial professional or investor does not have to be damaged and can protect their identity.  The financial professional only needs to have original evidence of significant fraud and to have been the first to properly file the bounty action with the SEC. 

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Defective Electronic Components Can Be the Basis of Large Financial Rewards by Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer

Defective Electronic Components Can Be the Basis of Large Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits by Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer

Defective electronic components can cause catastrophic failures in military aircraft, weapons, and security systems resulting in death or catastrophic injury to our troops as well as critical failures in our nation's security.  For this reason the United States Government is offering large financial rewards to military professionals who property expose the sale of defective and counterfeit electronic components to the United States military.  These cases include false certification of defective electronic components as well as electronic component fraud.  For more information on these potential rewards, please go to the following web page: Defective Component Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits.

The United States Senate Armed Services Committee Found That Over a Million Fake or Defective Electronic Components Have Been Used by Government Contractors In United States Aircraft

In 2011, the United States Senate Armed Services Committee announced that it had uncovered 1,800 cases in which the Pentagon had been sold defective electronics many of which  may be counterfeit.  In total, the committee said it had found more than a million defective electronic parts had made their way into military aircraft.  Many of these defective electronic components had come from defective supply chains and fraudulent sub contractors.  These defective electronic components can create catastrophic problems when used in military aircraft, weapons, missile defense systems, surveillance systems, and other security systems.  

Fake Components, Low Quality Parts, and Defective Electronics Used by Government Contractors in Building War Planes, Missile Defense Systems, Military Equipment, and other Military Supplies Can Cause Fatal Accidents and be the Basis for Military Contractor Procurement Fraud Qui Tam Lawsuits and Defense Contractor Procurement Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits by Military Contractor Fake Part Procurement Fraud Lawyer, False Certification Procurement Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer, and Military Electronic Part Supply Chain Fraud Lawyer Jason Coomer

Military contractor procurement fraud and Defense Contractor false certification fraud in the electronic component supply chain have increased as some government contractors and subcontractors are using cheaper electronic parts from China, India, Mexico, and other countries to fulfill government contracts.  As a result these military  contractors use defective military electronic components, defective military electronic parts, and defective military equipment parts in war planes, missile systems, and other military equipment.  Whistleblowers that have independent knowledge of military electronic component supply chain procurement fraud committed against the government by government contractors and subcontractors can blow the whistle on the military procurement fraud and if they are the first to provide notice of the fraud can recover a large financial reward for helping the government identify and stop procurement fraud.

For additional information on Defense Contractor Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits, please go to the following web page: Expose Defense Contractor Fraud and Earn Financial Rewards.

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Texas Defense Contractor Employees and Other Government Contractor Employees Can Earn Large Financial Rewards for Exposing Government Contractor Fraud

Texas Defense Contractor Employees and Subcontractors Can Earn Large Financial Rewards by Exposing Defense Contractor Fraud by Texas Defense Contractor Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Texas is one of the largest recipients of military contracts in the United States.  These government contracts provide essential goods and services to the United States Military including weapons, military vehicles, technology, and intelligence.   To protect itself from fraud, the United States has created a system of financial rewards for people that properly expose significant defense contractor fraud.  These rewards are designed to encourage defense contractor employees, subcontractors, and other people with specialized knowledge of defense contractor fraud to expose hard to detect defense contractor fraud.

For many professionals working in the defense, aerospace, and homeland security areas, it is a good idea to have a lawyer confidentially review any potential government contractor fraud reward case prior to moving forward with reporting the fraud to make sure the case is viable and to make sure the fraud is properly exposed.  For more information on this topic, please feel free to go to the following web page: Expose Defense Contractor Fraud: Confidential Reviews.

Texas Software and Systems Engineers, Field Service Technicians, and Other Technology Professionals Working in the Defense, Aerospace, and Homeland Security Areas Are Needed To Expose Defense Contractor Fraud

Texas government contractor employees including software and systems engineers, field service technicians, quality assurance professionals, and other technology professionals working in the Defense, Aerospace, and Homeland Security areas are needed to expose hard to detect types of government contractor fraud.  For more information on types of government contractor fraud and obtaining a confidential review of a potential government contractor fraud case, please go to the following web page: Texas Defense Contractor Fraud: Information on Obtaining a Confidential Review.

Monday, October 12, 2015

Commodities Fraud: Financial Professionals and Investors Can Obtain Large Financial Rewards By Confidentially Exposing Commodities Fraud and other Types of Investment Fraud Through a Whistleblower Reward Lawyer

Expose Commodities Fraud and Other Types of Investment Fraud: Financial Professionals and Investors Are Being Offered Large Financial Rewards to Confidentially Expose Commodities Fraud and other Types Investment Fraud by Commodities Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Bounty Lawyer Jason S. Coomer


The Federal Government has enacted new Bounty Action Whistleblower Reward laws that offer large financial rewards to individuals and businesses that properly expose securities fraud and other forms of investment fraud.  These new Bounty Action Whistleblower Reward laws allow professionals to expose fraud through an attorney while protecting their identity and seeking a financial reward.  These laws are first to file laws and require original information or specialized information, but do offer large financial rewards to the first whistleblower that properly exposes the fraud. The first step for many professionals that want to expose fraud is to have a lawyer confidentially review their potential case and provide advice as to which laws may apply and the strength of their potential case.

For more information on exposing commodities fraud or other types of investment fraud, please go to the following web pages: Commodities Fraud Whistleblower Reward Information, Securities Fraud Whistleblower Reward Information, and Investment Fraud Bounty Actions.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is Offering Large Financial Rewards to CFTC Whistleblowers That Properly Expose Derivatives Fraud, Currency Fraud, and other Types of Investment and Commodities Fraud 

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is offering large financial rewards and bounties to CFTC Whistleblowers that properly expose fraud and corruption in the Futures Market and Financial Services Industry.  These new CFTC Whistleblower Bounty Laws have been enacted to encourage financial services professionals, high end investors, government officials, international regulators, and other individuals with knowledge of fraud and CFTC violations, to expose the fraud and corruption.  These new CFTC whistleblower reward laws offer large financial rewards and whistleblower protections for persons that qualify and expose significant fraud and corruption.

Friday, September 11, 2015

International Pharmaceutical Professionals Are Being Offer Large Financial Rewards to Report Drug Contract Bribes and Supply Chain Fraud That Produce Adulterated Drugs

Adulterated Drugs and Drug Contract Bribes Can Be The Basis For Large Whistleblower Rewards: International Pharmaceutical Professionals Are Encouraged to Properly Report Drug Contract Bribes and Supply Chain Fraud That Produce Adulterated Drugs by International Pharmaceutical Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Coomer

International pharmaceutical professionals are be offered large financial rewards for exposing drug contract bribes and supply chain fraud that produces adulterated drugs.  For information on how to confidentially report adulterated pharmaceutical ingredients, international drug contract bribes, or illegal bribes along the pharmaceutical supply chain, please go to the following web pages: International Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Fraud Whistleblower Reward Information and International Drug Contract Bribe Whistleblower Reward Information.

Pharmaceutical World Sales Increase to Over $880 Billion Per Year Including Large Sales Increases in the "Pharmering Countries"

Every year over $4.1 trillion (US dollars) is spent worldwide on health services including approximately $850 billion (US dollars) that is spent in the pharmaceutical market on drugs and medications.  In 2011, it is estimated that global pharmaceutical sales are expected to grow by 5% to 7% to around $880 billion.  This growth in sales is led by the 17 so-called "pharmerging countries," which include China, Brazil, Russia, India, Venezuela, Poland and the Ukraine.  These "pharmerging countries", are forecast to see their pharmaceutical spending grow at a 15% to 17% rate in 2011, to between $170 billion and $180 billion overall.

Eight pharmerging countries are amongst the top 20 world pharmaceutical markets, and China is one of the “top three” or will be in the near future.  A few high-profile pharmaceutical companies have been successful in gaining a foothold in these pharmering countries.  These footholds include Abbott’s acquisition of Piramal Healthcare in India — a deal that could potentially make the US giant the top player in this country.  Bayer's and Novartis' investments in China including Novartis'  commitment to invest $1 billion USD in R&D in China and its $125 million USD investment to buy 85 percent stake in a privately held vaccine company.  Pfizer has made inroads into the Russian health care system with a discount-card system in Russia  Sanofi Aventis has purchased Medley, Brazil’s third-largest pharmaceutical company.  GSK and Lilly have also announced anticipated doubling their revenue in emerging markets by 2015.

It is estimated that approximately 10 to 25% of public health care procurement spending including drug contracts, medicines, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and medical devices is lost to corrupt and fraudulent acts including adulterated drugs.  As such, there is an international movement to reward pharmaceutical professionals and health care professionals that expose fraudulent and corrupt practices that cost hundreds of billions of dollars and cost lives.  This international movement includes SEC Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits and traditional Qui Tam False Claims Act Whistleblower Reward Lawsuits. 

As such, raw material supplies for pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and medical equipment that have traditionally come from the United States and Europe are now coming from China and India.  This manufacturing shift has created an environment where adulterated ingredients to pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and medical devices may be used in the manufacturing of these important products and can create dangerous and defective drugs, medical supplies, and medical devices.  International Whistleblowers along the pharmaceutical supply chain are needed to blow the whistle on adulterated pharmaceutical ingredients that are being put into medicine, drugs, medical supplies, and medical devices.

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Hacking Inside Trading Scheme Bounty Actions: Large Rewards Are Being Offered To Persons With Knowledge of Illegal Hacking Trading Schemes by Hacking Trading Scheme Lawyer

Hacking Inside Trading Scheme Bounty Actions: Large Rewards Are Being Offered To Persons With Original Knowledge of Illegal Cyber Attacks and Hacking Used to Commit Securities Fraud Including Illegal Inside InformationTrading Schemes by Hacking Trading Scheme Bounty Action Lawyer Jason Coomer

Large rewards are being offered through SEC bounty actions to encourage people to expose securities fraud including illegal hacking and other cyber attacks that are being used to steal corporate inside information.  These rewards are being offered to any who has original knowledge of and properly exposes illegal international hacking and cyber attacks being used to commit securities fraud including executive insider trades, hedge fund insider trades, private equity fund fraud, and stock manipulation schemes.

For more information on this topic, please go to the following web page: International Hacking Lawsuit and International Cyber Attack Lawsuit Information.

The SEC is Cracking Down on International Hacking Inside Trading Schemes

The SEC is charging 32 defendants with committing an international hacking scheme to steal non-public earnings information for hundreds of publicly traded companies and use this information to make illegal profits of over $100 million.   The SEC will be continuing to crack down on similar schemes and is offering large rewards to people that properly expose similar hacking schemes that lead to seizing of large amounts of ill-gotten gains.  For more information on how to confidentially file a bounty action with the SEC, please go to the following web page: Expose Inside Trading Schemes and Earn Large Financial Rewards.



Thursday, August 6, 2015

Defense Contractor Fraud: Large Financial Rewards Are Being Offered To Military Contractors Who Properly Expose Defense Contractor Fraud by Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawyer

Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Reward Lawsuit Information: Large Financial Rewards Are Being Offered To Military Contractors and Other Persons With Original Knowledge of and Who Properly Expose Defense Contractor Fraud by Confidential Defense Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer

Defense Contractor Fraud costs the United States billions of dollars each year.  As such, the United States government under the Federal False Claims Act is offering large financial rewards to military professionals and other persons with original knowledge of significant Defense Contractor Fraud.  In determining if you have a potentially viable claim under the Federal False Claims Act, it is usually best to contact a Defense Contractor Fraud Lawyer who can confidentially review your potential case as well as help organize and prepare the case for filing.  For more information, please feel free to go to the following web pages: Whistleblower Reward Lawsuit Information or Federal Contractor Fraud Information Center: Defense Contract Fraud and False Certification

Several Types of False Certifications Can Be The Basis of Defense Contractor Fraud That Cost The United States Billions of Dollars Each Year

Government contractor fraud including false certifications of products and services costs the United States billions of dollars each year.  Common examples of government contractor false certifications include false certification of product quality, false certification of substituted products, false certification of charges, false certification of services provided, and false certification for services or goods not provided.  Persons who have original information of large scale false certifications are encouraged through whistleblower reward laws to properly expose corrupt government contractors that are defrauding the United States Government. 

For more information on Defense Contractor Fraud, please use our BLOG submission form or go to the following web site: Federal Contractor Fraud Information Center

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Grain Market Loss and Corn Price Drop Lawsuits: Grain Operators, Grain Exporters, Commodity Brokers, and Corn Farmers Are Seeking Compensation For Losses Caused by China's Rejection of US Corn by Texas Grain Market Lawyer

Grain Market Loss and Corn Price Drop Lawsuit Information: Grain Operators, Grain Exporters, Commodity Brokers, and Corn Farmers Who Lost Money In The Grain Market From Corn Price Drops Caused by China's Rejection of US Corn Are Seeking Compensation Through Corn Price Drop Lawsuits by Texas Grain Market Lawyer

Numerous corn farmers, grain operators, commodity brokers, and corn exporters are filing suits against Syngenta for Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Corn that was mixed into the US Corn Supply and caused China to reject all US corn in 2013 and 2014.  This ban of US corn resulted in Billions of Dollars in losses to US farmers, grain operators, corn exporters, commodity brokers, and other businesses.

For more information on US Corn Price Drop Lawsuits or Grain Market Loss Lawsuits, please use our submission form or go to the following web page:  Corn Price Drop Lawsuit and Grain Market Loss Lawsuit Information.

Genetically Modified Seed Corn Caused China to Reject All US Corn Shipments Resulting in a Corn Price Drop that Caused Businesses to Suffer Billions of Dollars in Losses

In 2013 and 2014, GMO seed corn sold to US farmers caused China to reject all corn shipments from the U.S. and resulted in billions of dollars in losses to US farmers, grain operators, and corn exporters. Although the GMO corn allegedly accounted for a small percent of the US corn crop in 2013 and 2014, there was no way to keep it segregated from the corn produced across the United States.  Thus, China refused to accept millions of bushels of US corn.  This US corn ban caused a dramatic drop in the price of corn that affected hundreds of thousands of businesses.





A growing number of US corn farmers, grain operators, corn exporters, commodity brokers, and other businesses are filing suit against Syngenta for GMO Seed Corn that resulted in China's rejection and refusal to purchase US corn in 2013 and 2014.  This GMO seed corn was not cleared for use in foreign markets and resulted in the contamination of the United States corn supply.  As a result of the GMO contamination, businesses including US farmers, grain operators, and corn exporters that suffered significant damages including loss of income from the price drop of corn in 2013 and 2014 are seeking representation to join these lawsuits.

For more information on US Corn Price Drop Lawsuits or Grain Market Loss Lawsuits, please use our submission form or go to the following web page:  Corn Price Drop Lawsuit and Grain Market Loss Lawsuit Information.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Texas Federal Contractor Fraud: Large Rewards Are Being Offered To People That Properly Expose Federal Contractor Fraud by Texas Federal Contractor Fraud Lawyer

Texas Federal Contractor Fraud Lawyer: Large Financial Rewards Are Being Offered To People Who Have Original Knowledge of and Properly Expose Federal Contractor Fraud by Texas Federal Contractor Fraud Lawyer

The Federal Government is offering large financial rewards to people with original knowledge of federal contractor fraud.  To obtain a large reward, the person or federal contractor fraud whistleblower needs to properly expose significant federal contractor fraud.  In determining if you have original knowledge of significant federal contractor fraud that may qualify for a large financial reward, it is often helpful to contact a Texas Federal Contractor Fraud Lawyer to confidentially review your potential case.   

It is Estimated That Between $3 Billion to $6 Billion in Federal Contractor Fraud Occurs in Texas Each Year 

Texas receives over $30 billion in federal government contracts each year.  These federal contracts include military contracts, HUD contracts, FEMA contracts, and road construction.  Unfortunately, an estimated 10-20% of these contracts are based on false certifications and other types of fraud.  As such, the federal government is offering large rewards to whistleblowers that properly expose significant government contract fraud including false certifications, billing for services or goods not provided, and wage fraud.  These rewards are under the Federal False Claims Act which allows whistleblowers to seek compensation on the government's behalf from companies that have defrauded the government out of significant amounts of money.  Texas Federal Contractor Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Coomer helps whistleblowers determine if they may have a viable Federal False Claims Act Lawsuit

Qui Tam Claims Under the Federal False Claims Act Offer Large Financial Rewards To Whistleblowers

Qui tam claims are actions that are brought under the Federal False Claims Act against corrupt government contractors that price gouge, provide defective products, seek payment of services that were not provided, or provide false information to the government for the purpose of fraudulently claiming payments or benefits.  Common types of qui tam claims include Medicare fraud and Medicaid qui tam claims, military contractor qui tam claims, government procurement fraud claims, and other fraudulent government contractor qui tam claims against drug companies, defense contractors, and large health care providers.

If you are aware of a defense contractor, highway contractor, large health care company, bank, financial institute, or other large government contractor or subcontractor that is defrauding the United States Government out of millions or billions of dollars, please feel free to contact a Texas Federal Contractor Fraud lawyer to obtain more information about a whistleblower reward lawsuit.