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Re:Geek Squad staff 'paid by FBI' to flag illegal imagery by lr4444lr on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @10:50AM (#16537174)
There are some valid cases for compensating whistleblowers in services fraud, for example, clinics that engage in scamming Medicaid.
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Re:Geek Squad staff 'paid by FBI' to flag illegal imagery by will_brown on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @11:33AM (#16537497)
These are called Qui Tam (on behalf of the king) cases and some of the largest judgments in all of litigation with quite a few in the billions.
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