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Ex-Justice Dept. lawyer offered to sell secret U.S. whistleblower lawsuits to targets of complaints
Washington Post ^ | 1/25/2017 | Spencer S. Hsu

Posted on 01/26/2018 7:34:00 AM PST by Steven W.

Jeffrey Wertkin had a plot to bring in business and impress his new partners after joining one of Washington’s most influential law firms.

As a former high-stakes corporate-fraud prosecutor with the Department of Justice, he had secretly stockpiled sealed lawsuits brought by whistleblowers. Now, he would sell copies of the suits to the very targets of the pending government investigations — and his services to defend them.

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Wertkin has admitted hawking sealed files he spirited out of the Justice Department’s civil-fraud division where he worked for six years until 2016. He walked out, court records state, with files for cases to which he had not been assigned, raising questions about how the department polices its attorneys and the possible damage to investigations aimed at recovering millions of dollars for taxpayers.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doj; dojlawyer; falseclaimsact; quitam; wertkin; whistleblower
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To: MilesVeritatis

Hey, it’s not blackmail when *WE* do it, silly citizen!


21 posted on 01/26/2018 8:36:26 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: WayneS

Says Akin Gump in the link in post 14.


22 posted on 01/26/2018 8:38:18 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Steven W.

Going to prison is sure to impress his new bosses.


23 posted on 01/26/2018 8:54:46 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Boogieman

Yep.

“It’s Organized crime with a flag on the wall.” - Jim Quinn


24 posted on 01/26/2018 8:58:52 AM PST by MilesVeritatis (Devote yourself to the truth, no matter where it leads you.)
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To: Steven W.

Thanks.


25 posted on 01/26/2018 9:12:20 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: WayneS

Interesting. I don’t see the name of the law firm that hired him anywhere in the story or the press release. Did I just miss it?


Jeffrey Wertkin is a bit of a favorite here at Above the Law, as his story really has all the trappings of a classic. Afterall, he was a partner at Biglaw giant Akin Gump at the time of his arrest on charges that he tried to sell a whistleblower complaint to the targeted company while wearing a disguise, which included a wig. That’s a pretty spectacular story any way you slice it, but then he allegedly told the arresting agent, “My life is over.” Instant classic.

https://abovethelaw.com/2017/11/biglaw-partner-pleads-guilty-over-plot-to-sell-whistleblower-lawsuits/


26 posted on 01/26/2018 9:24:07 AM PST by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Steven W.

the USA has a choice:

to be America or to be Ghana.

so which is it going to be..?


27 posted on 01/26/2018 9:25:42 AM PST by gaijin
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To: Mouton

“Only 37 months for this dirt bag. He was a member of the bar, he put peoples livelyhoods and perhaps their well being in danger and he skates with a plea deal? BS.”

Wertkin, Weinstein, Rosenstein, Feinstein, Schiff, Steyer, just the same kettle of Gefilte fish. Secular Progressive Jews working to enrich themselves simultaneously while screwing our country.


28 posted on 01/26/2018 9:33:38 AM PST by vette6387
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To: ptsal

Thanks.


29 posted on 01/26/2018 9:52:10 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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