Whistleblower
Features real-life stories of heroic people who put everything on the line in order to expose illegal and dangerous wrongdoing when major corporations rip off U.S. taxpayers.
- 2018-2019
- 2 seasons
- Documentary, Suspense
Features real-life stories of heroic people who put everything on the line in order to expose illegal and dangerous wrongdoing when major corporations rip off U.S. taxpayers.
Season 2 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
Chicago PD: Breaking the Code of Silence
Fri, May 24, 2019 41 mins
In the second season premiere episode, Alex Ferrer interviews a whistleblower who exposed corrupt officers who stole from drug dealers and planted drugs on innocent people.
Episode 2
Polygamy, Power and Profits: The Case Against the Kingstons
Fri, May 31, 2019 42 mins
A husband and wife believe that a secretive polygamist sect might be defrauding the government on a massive scale; a federal investigation leads to an indictment;
Episode 3
SeaWorld: The Case Against Captivity
Fri, Jun 7, 2019 41 mins
John Hargrove, a former SeaWorld senior killer whale trainer, was entranced with whales ever since he first visited the theme park as a child. But after years of working at SeaWorld, he grew to believe that the forced captivity of the whales resulted in a host of serious and dangerous physical and behavioral issues. Now, he's decided to speak out and quit the job he once loved. (NR)
Episode 4
OBGYN/Mortuary
Fri, Jun 14, 2019 41 mins
Host Alex Ferrer investigates the dangerous insurance fraud at IU Health/Healthnet, and another case about kickbacks at a mortuary. In the episode's second story, Barry Taul, a funeral home director turned embalmer, uncovers a kickback scheme that was costing taxpayers more than two million dollars.
Episode 5
The Billion Dollar Back Surgery Scam: Patients in Pain and Peril
Fri, Jun 21, 2019 42 mins
Host Alex Ferrer uncovers the secrets of the billion-dollar back surgery scheme, one of the most complex, and dangerous, schemes to defraud workers' compensation insurance in California state history. At the center of the scheme were doctors who were being paid large kickbacks to steer patients into spinal fusion surgery at specific hospitals, including many cases where the procedures were medically unnecessary.
Episode 6
Bunny's War: The Case Against the US Army Corps of Engineers; Opioid Lollipops: The Case Against Cephalon
Fri, Jun 28, 2019 42 mins
Host Alex Ferrer examines the case against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and a second story about a pharmaceutical company that illegally marketed addictive opioids for treatments not approved by the Federal Drug Administration, resulting in serious danger to patients, which allegedly including a number of fatalities.
