Whistleblower Gets $8 Million Reward for Reporting Kickbacks

A former regional manager at a medical device company will receive an $8 million reward for blowing the whistle on the company’s payment of kickbacks to doctors.

The reward will be paid out of a $30 million settlement by Orthofix International NV to settle allegations that its subsidiary, Blackstone Medical Inc., paid illegal kickbacks to physicians in order to induce them to use the...