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Old 11-14-2010, 01:57 PM
 
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I am an employee at a mechanical services company (air conditioning, heating, plumbing, electrical) based in the Triad. Since beginning employment with this operation, the work enviornment has progressively gotten worse and worse in the form of misrepresentation, misleading, and now outright lieing to customers in order to sustain the business. I have witnessed others with the company engage in some questionable acts in order to make a sale, and I am not posting this pretending to be a saint by any means. I do, however, know right from wrong and what has been going on here recently is most definately wrong.

I am requesting info on some type of authority in North Carolina who is interested in information which I have compiled. This information includes details of hard insurance fraud, taking advantage of elderly customers by use of scare tactics, and intentionally sabotaging equipment in customers' homes to sell parts which they would otherwise have not needed.

I am willing to submit this information to such authority without remaining anonomous, but if I am to suicide myself as a whistleblower I want to be absolutely sure that the information will be used and that there is indeed somebody who cares to investigate.

Talking to management is insignificant and will not do anything to improve or change the attitude that it is 'ok' to leave one's consience home when heading out to work in the morning. Most of my peers are unwilling to take any action as they fear isolation and the loss of their job.

Elsewhere, there are authorities such as a state Consumer Affairs Division or even Social Services for the Elderly who care about cases like this. I have been unable to source anything like this in North Carolina, though, and am requesting information on finding somebody who cares about fraduent business practices.
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Old 11-14-2010, 06:36 PM
 
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NC has an economic crimes division but they are pretty worthless. I was involved in a multi-state business scam and NC was absolutely non-existent with assistance/advise. In addition to evidence you have I would suspect the state would have to a significant number of consumer complaints before an investigation would begin.
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Old 11-14-2010, 08:05 PM
 
Location: in & around the Triangle
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What about Attorney General, Roy Cooper?
NCDOJ

If it were gov $... reportFraud (http://www.ncrecovery.gov/reportFraud/reportFraud.aspx - broken link)

Some of the local TV channels like to do investigative reporting, so that might be an option too? I'm sure that after it was on the news you'd have plenty of complaints from customers.

You might want to read this...
Understanding the Limitations of North Carolina’s Whistleblower Protection Act | Coates' Canons: NC Local Government Law Blog
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Old 11-18-2010, 07:52 PM
 
Location: NC, USA
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Channel two is usually pretty good at reporting this type of thing. Give'em a call.
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