Former Brazil Surgeon Turned SEC Whistleblower Gets $4.5 Million
Signage outside of a facility occupied by Zimmer Biomet in Westminster, Colorado.
Photographer: Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA
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A former Brazilian surgeon who blew the whistle on a medical device company that allegedly bribed doctors to win business will get a $4.5 million award from U.S. regulators, according to his lawyers.
The surgeon will get the money for playing a crucial role in helping the Securities and Exchange Commission uncover a bribery scandal at Biomet Inc. that spanned the globe, his attorneys Christopher Connors and Andy Rickman said in a Friday statement that didn’t identify the doctor by name.