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Wisconsin Halfway House Overbills BOP; Fired Whistle blower Settles For $435,000
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2006
by John Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2006, page 12
Filed under:
Classification,
Work Release,
Contractor Misconduct,
Retaliation against Staff,
Drug Treatment/Rehab.
Location:
Wisconsin.
by John E. Dannenberg
Federal jurors found that Rock Valley Community Programs (RVCP) in Janesville, Wisconsin and its chief executive officer, Irwin McHugh, had submitted false claims for reimbursement to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The jury also found that the whistleblower reporting the fraud had been wrongfully …
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