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Fraud hotline saves $1.3m 23 February 2009
Public tip-offs to the Motor Accident Commission (South Australia) have led to a dozen people being caught for injury fraud in the past three weeks. The Commission says it has meant savings of $1.3 million.
Ben Tuffnell, from the Commission, says some people go to extraordinary lengths to try to rip-off the system. “Recently we’ve seen people who’ve been involved in staging crashes and seeking motor injury insurance that way,” he said.
“People often exaggerate their injuries or they just make false claims so there’s many ways people do try and rort the system. The bottom line is you will get caught.”
Mr Tuffnell says the savings ultimately benefit other motorists. “We estimate we’ve saved about $25 million in the past five years and that’s probably saved people about $10 per registration off their motor vehicle, so there are benefits in there for people if you do report fraud, if you do hear of someone rorting the system,” he said.
More workers are blowing the whistle in Japan, but the risks are still great -Martin Fackler New York Times 9 June 2008
“A decade ago, corporate whistleblowing was almost unheard of in Japan. A person’s place of employment was part of his identity, and unflinching company loyalty was the highest of virtues. But the unquestioningly obedient salary earner is becoming a relic, the result of a broader transformation of Japan and the global economy.”
“Now, lawyers and economists say Japanese workers are beginning to speak out — despite a still-potent risk of ostracism because of the widely held view that such disclosure constitutes betrayal. ”
Phoning It In John Mc Partlin CFO Magazine 27 February, 2007
.. recent study of nearly 200,000 whistleblowing reports of alleged infractions, almost two-thirds of the complaints were made via hotlines without first alerting anyone in management, and few prove to be false alarms,”
The Law Report – 7 November 2006 – Whistleblowers and the Law
ABC Presenter Damien Carrick
Producer Anita Barraud
Interview with Toni Hoffman, Whistleblower, Dr Jayent Patel scandal, Bundaberg Hospital, Dr AJ Brown,Head, Whistleblower Project, and director, Integrity and Corruption Research at the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University and Guy Dehn, Director, Public Concern at Work, UK.
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United States: Better Governance and Reporting Under Sarbanes-Oxley: Are we There Yet? by George R. Goodman Mondaq’s Article Service 23 November 2004
Reproduced with permission from Daily Tax Report, No. 219, pp. J-1 – J-8 (Nov. 15, 2004). Copyright 2004 by The Bureau of National Affairs,Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com