Comment Text:
Meeting with Taxpayers Against Fraud
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Memo from
Riccobene, Edward J.
CFTC Staff :
Gary Gensler, Chairman, CFTC
Timothy Karpoff, Legal Assistant to Chairman, CFTC
David Meister, Director, Division of Enforcement, CFTC
Edward Riccobene, Chief, Office of Policy & Review, Division of Enforcement, CFTC
Leslie Randolph, Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, CFTC
Anthony Hays, Attorney, Office of General Counsel, CFTC
External Attendees :
Cleveland Lawrence, Director of Legal Education, Taxpayers Against Fraud
Susan Strawn, Executive Director, Taxpayers Against Fraud
Michael A. Sullivan, Finch McCranie, LLP
Eric R. Havian, Phillips & Cohen LLP
Paul Scott, Law Offices of Paul D. Scott
Additional Information :
Attendees discussed Taxpayers Against Fraud comment letter. Topics raised were: history of the False Claims Act; mandatory internal reporting by whistleblowers; exceptions and exclusions to whistleblower award eligibility; and information obtained in violation of applicable federal or state law.
