Allen Jones-- the man read the entire article!
"In Texas, Allen Jones determined that state employees were getting kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies, and his efforts resulted in his being named Whistle-blower of the Year and awarded about $20 million of the state's $158 million settlement."
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"I had passed through 10 years of living very close to the bone," Jones said. "My firing for 'willful misconduct' destroyed any chance I had to continue in my career [as an investigator]. The first years were dark ones. I lost the home I had built when I was 26 years old, lost my good credit and a whole lot more. I moved to my cabin in the mountains with no electricity or running water."
He is married for the second time. College educations for grandchildren and stepchildren are set. He now also has a place in a "sleepy fishing village" in Florida.
As idyllic as that sounds, he cautions would-be whistle-blowers to be ready for "dark" days, get sound advice, and not assume there will be a payoff. Indeed, do it for a cause beyond cash.
"They are now drugging fewer foster kids in the state of Texas in 2012 than they were in 2006," Jones said. "Those are the things I think about and smile over in the quiet of my house."
THANK YOU, ALLEN JONES.
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