The Mystery of the Northwestern Settlement - the Plot Thickens

This article includes even more curiosities that raise even more questions.Dr Bennett Found Irregularities, Sangoleye Pleaded Guilty, Nobody Noticed In the original media coverage, Dr Bennett was accused based on complaints by a whistle blower.  For example, in an article in the Chicago Sun-Times, A whistleblower suit filed under seal in 2009 by former Lurie Cancer Center worker Melissa Theis first alleged the wrongdoing by Bennett. However, the story in the Cancer Letter suggests Dr Bennett had tried to blow the whistle himself.  First,Bennett said the allegations that he spent NCI money on dinners and vacations were inaccurate. He said he had encountered administrative irregularities at Northwestern and reported them to compliance officials.In addition,'I reported administrative issues by Northwestern University with my grants to the university compliance officer in 2006, just prior to my long-term bout with cancer that was diagnosed there,' Bennett said to The Cancer Letter. 'I have never had a single administrative discussion about the matter with anyone.'Specifically,Bennett’s statement about lax administration of grants at Northwestern appears to be bolstered by an aspect of the scandal that has escaped media attention even as multiple news stories in Chicago and national outlets focused on the settlement.The Cancer Letter has learned that days before the settlement with Northwestern was announced, a former research administrator at the Division of Hem...
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