A Boeing whistleblower has claimed that the company used scrapyard parts on its factory assembly lines for years. Merle Meyers, who worked as a Boeing quality-control manager for 30 years, told CNN that for years workers at the company’s Dreamliner factory in Everett, Washington, routinely took parts that were deemed unsuitable to fly out of […]
By Saeed Azhar and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Citigroup urged a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former managing director who accused the bank of firing her in retaliation for her refusal to lie to regulators about its risk management practices. The third-largest U.S. bank said it terminated Kathleen Martin in November because […]
Another whistleblower has come forward with complaints of Boeing’s safety lapses. Richard Cuevas said that he saw holes drilled improperly, which could lead to “catastrophe.” The airplane mechanic said he was fired from his job shortly after raising concerns. Another Boeing whistleblower has come forward, saying that he witnessed 787 Dreamliner planes being built in […]
A quality inspector has alleged that Boeing lost track of hundreds of faulty parts – and some may be on Max 737 planes that have become a focus of safety concerns. The claims were presented in a June 11 complaint by Boeing inspector Sam Mohawk with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. His statements have […]
A current Boeing employee claims that the company tried to shield broken or out-of-specification 737 Max plane parts from regulators and lost track of them, according to a Senate subcommittee investigation made public Tuesday. Boeing tried to hide the nonconforming parts from Federal Aviation Administration regulators by moving them out of sight and falsifying records, […]
An ex-employee has accused Amazon of breaching UK sanctions by selling facial recognition technology to Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine, The Financial Times reported. Charles Forrest alleged that he was unfairly dismissed in 2023 after accusing Amazon of wrongdoing on a number of issues between November 2022 and May 2023, according to the article. […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s House speaker once described “stupid Republican women” as “an invasive species,” according to a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit filed against the powerful lawmaker Friday. House Chief Clerk Dana Miller’s lawsuit alleged GOP House Speaker Dean Plocher and his Chief of Staff Rod Jetton retaliated against her after she raised concerns […]
New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik sparred with the president of Northwestern University, Michael Schill, over his school earning an “F grade” for its handling of antisemitism, as well as whistleblowers’ claims regarding Schill allegedly looking to hire an anti-Zionist rabbi for the school. “Isn’t it true that you asked the Hillel director whether it […]
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -BlackRock was sued for $20 million by a whistleblowing former vice president who said it fired him after he objected to a colleague’s self-dealing, and was forced to shut down a search engine for monitoring client discussions about illegal investments including in China. In a complaint on Saturday, Hamdan […]
A former Boeing manager who raised safety questions about the aircraft maker and was found dead after several days of depositions in South Carolina took his own life, police said Friday after concluding their investigation. John Barnett, 62, of Louisiana, was found dead March 9, and police had said earlier that his injuries were self-inflicted. Barnett was a longtime […]
The cause of death of one of the Boeing whistleblowers, who had been set to continue testifying against the aircraft manufacturer, has been revealed. John Barnett, 62, a quality control engineer at Boeing for 32 years, was found dead at a hotel in March, reportedly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. An autopsy report released by […]
Charleston, South Carolina, investigators have released their findings in the death of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, who was found dead in his truck in March after he failed to show up for his second day of depositions in a lawsuit against the aerospace manufacturer. After Barnett failed to arrive for the proceedings, his lawyers called […]