By David Voreacos, Jef Feeley, and Neil Weinberg, Bloomberg News
The Justice Department offers secrecy and cash to whistle-blowers for information about companies that cheated the government.
But one former government attorney is accused of using that information for his own gain. Turning the tables on a unit that can spend years investigating fraud cases, FBI agents are now questioning Justice Department lawyers about their ex-colleague, who was accused last month of trying to sell secrets about a case for $310,000.
Prosecutors sayJeffrey Wertkin attempted to sell a whistle-blower’s confidential lawsuit against a Silicon Valley company -- while wearing ...
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