Dow CEO’s Spending Questioned in Whistle-Blower Case

Dow Chemical Co.’s former fraud investigator can pursue a claim that she was unlawfully fired for finding financial misdeeds, including Chief Executive Officer Andrew Liveris’s expenses for family vacations and payments to a Greek charity, a federal judge ruled.

Kimberly C. Wood, the ex-investigator, said she was fired in October 2013 after telling her supervisor she found “financial statement fraud” in an ethylene plant project. Her prior reports had questioned spending by Liveris, who is also chairman. Dow’s bid to dismiss the case was denied Dec. 15 by U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington, in Bay City, Michigan.