Barclays Whistleblower

The whistleblowing bankers who were sent to jail

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Two traders jailed for rigging interest rates were the original whistleblowers of the scandal, and not the bosses that directed them to carry out the illegal actions. Leaked audio recordings reveal Peter Johnson and Colin Bermingham alerted the US central bank to a fraud that the tapes suggest was directed from the top of the financial system.

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Ericsson risked workers lives by Islamic State

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The telecoms company Ericsson put contractors’ lives at risk by insisting they continued working in territory controlled by the Islamic State [IS] group in Iraq. This resulted in them being kidnapped by IS militants.

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Post Office scandal: Public inquiry to examine wrongful convictions

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Between 2000 and 2014, more than 700 sub-postmasters were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a flaw in a computer system Horizon.

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Nigeria Fraud Investigation

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LAGOS, June 18 (Reuters) – Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has ordered an investigation into alleged fraud by a local unit of U.S. oil services firm Halliburton Co (nyse: HAL – news – people), his spokeswoman said on Wednesday

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Halliburton awarded US military contact

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Halliburton’s contract to restart Iraq’s oil production has doubled in cost over the past month, and the no-bid work may last longer than expected, the Army says.

The expanded role awarded to Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company cost taxpayers $184.7 million as of last week, up from $76

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Tender for PeopleSoft

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12th June 2003 Oracle Corporation has made a tender for a takeover of PeopleSoft corporation.

The consolidation is believed to be a reaction to the PeopleSoft bid for J.D

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