Interview with former Pfizer finance executive and whistleblower Ashok Idnani.

The article by Business World, which picked up on my story about the Pfizer India finance scandal, has created a lot of interest.

A Pfizer insider appears to have tried to use the article to discredit the whistleblower,Ashok Idnani, leaving comments both on CafePharma and on this blog.

On CafePharma this comment appeared, "Looks like Rost got burned on his India stories. The plant that Pfizer supposedly sold for 10% of it's value was actually sold at slightly higher than the market rates. I wonder if that India stuff was a joke someone played on Rost. It is pretty funny though, mainly because of how much time he spent on it. Hopefully he can check out his stories in the future so he does not get duped again."

And on my blog, this comment was posted, "Well, according to the article posted on this website the property was sold for higher than market rates. According to the Indian contact it was sold for one-tenth the value. So, it looks like that aspect was a non-issue. I am not sure what the guys credentials are, but maybe Dr. Rost can post them too. Most companies conduct annual written reviews so that would be a good thing to publish in order to tell how well credentialed this guy was. Maybe the other allegations have a basis but I would think that most rational people might have a legitimate reason to question them. I mean, every company hires detectives and it is not always for a nefarious reason. For all I know it the people being followed could have threatened to blow up a plant. The Indian contact has a credibility problem right now, if he could establish that he was receiving good reviews then the general public would be more likely to believe he was retaliated against. Maybe he was just a crazy guy with an ax do grind and this was his best forum."

So, I thought, why not let the whistleblower reply?

Mr. Idnani's what do you think about these comments which question you credentials?

This appears to be written by a Pfizer insider. I can reply to that easily sending you my last appraisals done in 2001 and 2002 which were good, including an email to me in Jan 2002 from then country manager Hocine appreciating my role in integration activities of Pfizer-Parke Davis. Starting January 2003 they "froze" my salary and bonuses and there were no appraisals since then.

But what about the allegation that the article disproves that the plant was sold for less than its real value?

As for the property being sold for more than market value . . . this is simply not true. The government valuation of the property of Rs. 1800 million (conservative) has not changed. Only the Stamp Duty demand has been waived. The charge remains that Pfizer India sold the property at 10% of potential market value, and that is no doubt an undervaluation.

So aren't you just an employee with an ax to grind?

As for the comment about "an ax to grind" in your forum, the facts speak for themselves. I had approached my superiors in 2002, 2003, 2004 and ultimately Pfizer Inc & Jeff Kindler in November 2005 and until today the outcome of the November 2005 investigation has not been disclosed to me.

Is anything wrong in the Business World story?

Pfizer India has only now, falsely, started telling the newspapers "he has been told, his charges are baseless." So only after the postings on your blog and without any communication to me from Pfizer NY, who investigated the charges, and from whom I had been demanding the outcome and the detailed investigation reports, which was denied to me, do they say this.

So what about this Pfizer apologist who claims “every company hires detectives and it is not always for a nefarious reason"?

No company should authorize breaking into your bank accounts and start tracing your telephone calls, this is illegal. And bribing government officials is illegal. If you do that (and it was done by Pfizer with knowledge of Jeff Kindler, since I notified him) then you should also be sacked, just like HP's chairwoman was forced out. But instead the salary of the current Pfizer-India country manager was increased by a phenomenal 111%.

So do you think these comments were written by a Pfizer PR hack?

Where is the credibility problem really - with the person accusing or the accused? You have the documents and the facts. Let the people who read this decide!

Pfizer's India Scandal Raises Questions in Mainstream Media

Business World has written a story about Pfizer's sale of the Hyderabad plant which I covered in the article series:

May 16, 2007: Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle - Part One
May 17, 2007: Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle – Part Two
May 18, 2007: Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle – Part Three

Click on images below to read full size article:

Next week more exclusive documents: What Pfizer wrote to finance whistleblower AFTER he was fired.

Don't miss these new documents of what Pfizer wrote to its former finance executive, Mr. Idnani, six months after he was fired.

Idnani made allegations about extensive financial malfeasance at the Pfizer India operating unit, in an e-mail to Pfizer CEO Jeff Kindler in November 2005

Idnani was then abruptly fired, after 28 years of faithful service, in August 2006.

Pfizer refused to pay him vacation pay and give him his 25 year service medal for another six months after he was terminated.

Links to full story here.

Pfizer CEO going to Voodoo show in India?

I have received reports from inside Pfizer that Pfizer CEO Jeff Kindler may be sighted in India during the next few days, which is about three weeks after I revealed the Pfizer India finance scandal and two weeks after Pfizer CEO Alan Levin "resigned." (Link here).

According to my sources Kindler's jet is expected to touch Indian soil in Mumbai on Saturday evening.

On Sunday presentations by key executives at Pfizer India have been scheduled, and Monday he is expected to travel to Delhi with Pfizer India CEO Kewal Handa to meet with government officials to discuss patent issues, drug exclusivity, price controls, government drug budgets.

Kindler might also have a special new agenda item for Indian authorities: Tax incentives for disposing company properties at 10% of market value.

Kindler can be identified wearing a turban with a hidden camera with the Pfizer-India spy chief sniffing at his feet . . . Yes Saar, Yes Sir.

At the end of the meetings, liquor-bottles (sorry, Diwali sweets), hidden in the turbans, will be distributed and followed by a Voodoo show. My source wasn't 100% sure on the Voodoo show, but thinks it would be a good idea, considering recent allegations of gurus and Voodoo practice in Pfizer India's finance department.

Why did Pfizer hire detectives to spy on former PFE executive?

Pramod Lele was one of Pfizer's spy victims in India. Documents released by a former Pfizer finance executive reveal how he and others were followed by detectives hired by Pfizer.

Download the full surveillance reports here:
Surveillance strategy to Handa, June 2003
Surveillance/Phone records Dinesh Lakhani April 2003
Surveillance/Phone records Dinesh Lakhani May 2003
Surveillance Janak Mathuradas May 2003
Surveillance/Phone records Pramod Lele, December 2003
Surveillance report S.V. Phene December 2003

Lele had been the country manager of Warner-Lambert (Parke-Davis) in India, before the Warner-Lambert/Pfizer merger. He had started reporting to Pfizer in 2001, when he was suddenly asked to resign.

After Lele was forced out, Hocine Sidi Said (left) took over as country manager of Pfizer India. He reported to Charles Sarris who was the Regional Vice President for Asia & Japan region. Charles Sarris, in turn, reported to Hocine's father, Mohand Sidi Said. Mohand Sidi Said was President, Japan/Asia/Africa/Latin America/Middle East and he reported directly to Karen Katen. Shortly after Mohand Sidi Said retired in 2004, Hocine resigned from Pfizer India, in early 2005. We don't know if any of this had anything to do with Pfizer whistleblower Idnani's early allegations about selling a plant way below market value, as described in my post "Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle - Part One"

But we do know that in December 2003, almost two years after Lele was forced out, Pfizer sent their hired goons to spy on Lele. Why did they do this? You may wonder.

Some of Pfizer's surveillance appears to be related to shareholders who challenged the merger. That monitoring of individuals took place in April/May of 2003. But the legal challenge against the merger was completed in the first week of November 2003. So that can't be the reason for a spy operation in December 2003.

The second wave of detectives were dispatched to monitor both Lele and real estate executive Phene in December 2003. In my post "Interview with two angry Pfizer spy victims" I described Phene's unusual connection to Pfizer and Pfizer India's CEO.

But I didn't go into the reasons Pfizer may have had to spy on Lele, long after he'd been forced out and the legal case settled.

So here is something that might be the explanation:

Lele wrote an article in an India newspaper which came out in the Diwali (October) issue of 2003. And Pfizer could not have liked what Lele had to say. In the article Lele describes what really happened inside Pfizer and how Pfizer management handled the Warner-Lambert acquisition.

It is very possible that Pfizer's goons targeted him because of what he wrote in this article (MD stands for Managing Director, not for the American M.D. or physician); to simply try to dig up some dirt on him. Below is a slightly imperfect translation:







Of course, for a big corporation to send out hired goons to monitor shareholders and former executives almost resembles mafia activity, or how Russia sends agents to kill dissidents.

And while it may appear surprising for a large corporation to send out detectives to dig up dirt, I think that is exactly how Pfizer operates.

When they fired me after I blew the whistle on illegal conduct which Pfizer was recently forced to pay a $35 million fine for, they called me all kinds of names:

The New York Times reported in its December 2, 2005 article that a Pfizer PR person, Mr. Fitzhenry, "also remarked that Mr. Rost had been the vice president in charge of marketing Genotropin at Pfizer, so that he was essentially blowing the whistle on his own conduct.” And the American Council on Science and Health, an organization funded by Pfizer, among others, labeled me “Whiny Whistleblower of the Year” in a December 30, 2005 press release. And in a Brandweek March 20, 2006 article, it was reported that Pfizer called my qui tam suit "parasitical."

So not only was it not enough to simply fire me; to make sure I never got another job again Pfizer labeled me a criminal and a parasite.

No one should be surprised if Pfizer hires detectives to throw mud at people.

I think the fact that Pfizer's head of security is a former FBI agent says it all. After all, former head of FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, had surveillance, even of Presidents, down to an art.

Pfizer is simply acting like any minor dictatorship when it comes to suppressing dissidents.

Interview with two angry Pfizer spy victims.

I have spoken to two of the victims of Pfizer's spy operation in India, which I described in my article, Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle – Part Two. They are both very upset, but for completely different reasons.

I first contacted Shreeharsha Vasant Phene (picture left) to get his comments on the fact that Pfizer had sent their detectives to monitor him.

Mr. Phene, at the time Pfizer did this, was a corporate planning vice president of Trent Ltd, which owns supermarkets and retail stores, and belongs to the TATA group (more here).

He became very agitated during my phone call with him and berated me for writing about this story. He wanted to be left alone and had no interest in what Pfizer had done or if they had sent detectives to spy on him, he said.

This was, of course, a highly unusual reaction, since most people would probably be somewhat interested to hear that someone monitors them.

But not Mr. Phene.

He first claimed he knew nothing about me or the Pfizer's detectives, however, later in the call he changed his story and said this was a private matter between him and Pfizer and that he knew I was a "disgruntled employee." It appeared as if someone from Pfizer had already been in contact with him.

He also threatened me and said, "I will take action against you if you continued to write about this story."

I have, quite frankly, never been directly threatend like that before, so I asked, "what action are you planning to take?" After all, we have a free press and free speech in the U.S., just like India.

He responded, "Why should I tell you?"

I presume if I see some person lurching around the house with a sword I should start getting worried.

He was also very upset that I'd been able to find him and call him on his cell phone, and kept asking "Who gave you this number?"

It was very clear that Mr. Phene didn't want anything about him or his dealings with Pfizer India to become known publicly. Perhaps, he was simply very, very afraid about what Pfizer might do to him, just like a victim of the mob would be scared to death to talk

This, of course, made me even more interested in finding out what Mr. Phene was hiding and what he was so unwilling to reveal.

Upon reviewing Pfizer's surveillance report of Phene, I learned that Phene's daughter "Sneha" is reported to be working for "Crawford Bayley." This is interesting, because she provides a direct link to Pfizer India:

Mr. R.A. Shah (left), Pfizer India's Chairman, "is a leading Solicitor and a Senior Partner of M/s. Crawford Bayley and Co., a firm of Advocates & Solicitors." He is not only the Chairman of Pfizer but also "the Chairman/Director of various public limited companies and Chairman/member of Audit Committees." All of this according to Pfizer India's website, here.

So suddenly there is a connection between Phene and Pfizer India, in a most surprising twist to this story. The Chairman of Pfizer India is directly linked to spying on the father of another employee of the esteemed law firm Crawford Bayley!!!

One can only imagine what Pfizer India's reason for doing this would be.

It is also noteworthy that according to another India source, a second Pfizer spy victim, investor Dinesh Vrajlal Lakhani, allegedly "hates R.A. Shah because during merger, R.A. Shah conducted the first legal meeting for the merger, where Lakhani objected and then approached court."

The Telegraph in India wrote an article with the headline:

One-man army turns fly in the ointment for drug majors

May 18, 2003:

"It has all the ingredients of a David versus Goliath story. Dinesh Vrajlal Lakhani (left), a small Mumbai investor, has single-handedly upset plans for a merger between Pfizer and Parke Davis in India.

He feels the swap ratio fixed the deal is loaded against Parke Davis shareholders. Sifting through a sheaf of painstakingly compiled papers he believes will win him a tortuous court battle, Lakhani has managed to throw a spanner in what would have been a routine, hassle-free corporate merger."

And here things get complicated. Pfizer spied on the investors during the time period April-May 2003 when the investors challenged the Pfizer/Warner-Lambert merger in court.

Pfizer hired detectives to monitor Lakhani in April and May 2003, and another investor who oppsed the merger, Janak Mathuradas, in May 2003.

But Pfizer's hired goons set out to spy on Phene first in December 2003 and they also spied on Mr. Pramod Lele, a former Warner-Lambert country manager, in December 2003. It appears as if Pfizer had separate motives for these two spy operations.

I also spoke to Mr. Pramod Lele (left), the former Warner-Lambert country manager of India who was an executive with Pfizer for a short while.

When I called him in his home in Mumbai, he told me he just arrived back from work as the CEO of Hinduja Hospital. He also said he had seen my recent postings about Pfizer India and the detectives Pfizer hired to follow him.

None of that surprised him, he said. He felt there was one word to describe Pfizer - corruption. His own experience was that he'd been promised the job as CEO for Pfizer India after the Warner-Lambert acquisition, however, Pfizer retracted that offer and asked him to resign.

I asked him how he felt when he discovered that Pfizer had hired detectives to follow him, after he'd left Pfizer.

"Disgusted about the whole thing," he replied, and added, "I'm amazed they could stoop down to such a low level."

He didn't know why Pfizer had followed him, but thought it might have something to do with the fight over the Pfizer/Warner-Lambert (Parke-Davis) merger. But the date of the spy operation against Lele, in December 2003, would appear to indicate a different motive.

Perhaps one day Pfizer's auditors, KPMG, will be able to tell us more about Pfizer India's shady dealings with S.V. Phene, Lele and the others.

And next week I will give you a clue to what may have set off Pfizer's spy operation against Mr. Lele.

Link to Pfizer whistleblower stories:

1. Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle - Part One
2. Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle – Part Two
3. Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle – Part Three
4. PFIZER CFO RESIGNS after PFE finance executive blows the whistle
5. Will Pfizer CEO Mr. Kindler also resign?
6. Pfizer sales rep: "PFE tried to find 'naïve doctor...
7. Pfizer's "Delete! Delete!" memo: "Do NOT forward o...
8. Pfizer India Whistleblower Finally Gets His "25 Ye...
9. "Jeff Kindler is going to Pfizer India in June"
10. Pfizer prepares to get rid of maraviroc whistleblo...
11. Mea Culpa by a Pfizer Lawyer
12. The Pfizer Mirapex Whistleblower's amazing story . . .
13. Pfizer hires Ropes & Gray to investigate maraviroc...
14. Pfizer caught in maraviroc whistleblower's web.

Pfizer's public accounting firm - KPMG - reviews Pfizer India finance scandal

Pfizer's Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of its Audit Committee, ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Pfizer's independent registered public accounting firm for 2007.

Why should this interest you?

Because no firm, except Pfizer, has been more interested in the following stories than KPMG:

1. Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle - Part One
2. Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle – Part Two
3. Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle – Part Three
4. PFIZER CFO RESIGNS after PFE finance executive blows the whistle
5. Will Pfizer CEO Mr. Kindler also resign?

Based on KPMG's intense research of these stories, it appears likely that Pfizer will get some serious questions by its auditors.

After all, KPMG doesn't want to get caught missing a very public meltdown:

(Click on images to enlarge)

Will Pfizer CEO Mr. Kindler also resign?

Pfizer's CFO Alan Levin's resignation was announced yesterday, after three days of disclosures of corruption in Pfizer's finance department, revealed by former Pfizer finance executive Mr. Ashok S. Idnani, on the Question Authority with Dr. Peter Rost blog.

Brandweek wrote that "Rost this week has devoted his blog to an astonishing series of posts which allegedly describe how Pfizer execs in India took kickbacks in connection with the sale of a Pfizer building for far less than it was worth; how Pfizer hires private detectives to spy on rival executives and pay bribes, and how Pfizer India kept a "gift" list for certain Indian government officials."

Here is a look at what Pfizer CEO Mr. Jeff Kindler knew about these allegations - and when.

After reading this, perhaps the next question should be:

Will Pfizer CEO Mr. Kindler also resign?

The irony is that Mr. Kindler during a December 18, 2006 employee meeting stated:

"I’d like to see a culture where people feel freer than I think they do today, to be perfectly candid, to be open and frank and express their points of view, ah, without fear of some consequences to them. Ah, I think in different parts of the company that kind of culture exists, but I see a lot of evidence where it doesn’t exist. I get very, very depressed when I get emails, which I sometimes do, from people that said I need to send you this email anonymously, ah, because something bad will happen to me or please don’t tell my boss I told you this and their answer and perfectly reasonable idea, maybe it’s not a good idea, maybe it is not something they want to do, but the notion that somebody would be afraid to express themselves that way is very troubling to me."

November 17, 2005: Pfizer’s CFO Alan Levin, Vice Chairmen Jeff Kindler, Karen Katen and David Schedlarz; and Sylvia Montero, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, received an e-mail from Ashok S. Idnani, Deputy Finance Manager, alleging that Pfizer execs in India took kickbacks in connection with the sale of a Pfizer manufacturing plant for far less than it was worth; and that Pfizer India was “cooking the books.”

December 2, 2005: Ms. Indrani Franchini from Pfizer Corporate Compliance, which at the time reported to Jeff Kindler, and Ms. Sarah Alper, Corporate Audit, which reported to Alan Levin, conducted a two hour conference call with Idnani, requesting documents supporting his allegations. Idnani also claims that Ms. Franchini assured him there would be no retaliation.

January 17, 2006: Pfizer dispatched Ms. Indrani Franchini and Ms. Sarah Alper to Mumbai, India, to meet with Idnani and they questioned him at length about the documents he sent to them.

March 13, 2006: Ms. Franchini sent an e-mail informing Idnani that the investigation was concluded, the matter closed and the details regarding specific steps taken or outcomes would not be provided to him.

August 28, 2006: Idnani’s employment was abruptly terminated, after 28 years of service.

September 12, 2006: Idnani sent e-mail to Jeff Kindler, who was now CEO, Karen Katen, Vice Chairman, David Shedlarz, Vice Chairman, Alan Levin, CFO, and Sylvia Montero, Senior Vice President, Human Resources. He alleged he had been wrongfully terminated in retaliation for reporting illegal acts. Idnani also alleged Pfizer India executives “sold Company's properties at undervalued prices which generated kickbacks.” He also alerted management that Pfizer India “hired detectives to tail Mr. Pramod Lele the ex-Country Manager of Parke Davis.”

October 20, 2006 Idnani wrote to John Hong, Corporate Counsel, International Investigations and Programs, and Indrani Franchini. He stated, “I shall be able to prove my charges of fraud, corruption, kickbacks, unfair accounting . . . on my charges of 'cooking of books' one of the items that was brought to the notice of Ms. Franchini and Ms. Alper was transfer of ad hoc (without basis) amounts/provisions to "make up" profits of divisions/business. Idnani also reiterated that the sale “of Pfizer's Hyderabad Plant [was made] at grossly undervalued price,” and that Pfizer “sent detectives behind a[n] ex-CEO of Pfizer's subsidiary and others.”

December 11, 2006: Idnani wrote to John Hong, Pfizer Corporate Counsel, International Investigations and Programs, copied to Jesma Johnson, and Melanie Trinidad. “If you recall - at our teleconference on November 16, 2006, you questioned me on . . . practices Occult and Voodoo and about his Guru . . . It has come to my knowledge, that recently, the Income-Tax Authorities of the Government of India (equivalent to IRS/CID in U.S.) served notices on several employees working in Finance Division demanding from them a reply and detailed explanation as to why they have given certain amounts in the year 2004, to an individual named "Mr. Shivdasani". . . Now who is "Mr. Shivdasani." You guessed correctly - he is [redacted]'s Guru."

December 13, 2006: Jesma Johnson wrote to Idnani with copy to Melissa Maxwell-Avila. “My investigation in this matter is in regards to what you believe where acts of retaliation against you. Therefore any issues that you feel were not in compliance with policies and procedures should have been reported to corporate compliance.”

December 14, 2006: E-mail from Idani to Jesma Johnson. “I am giving below briefly, direct acts of retaliation, as requested by you.”

March 13, 2007, Idnani was informed by Mr. Ryan Trierweiler, Pfizer Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operations (WPO) Japan/Asia HR, that after a “very thorough investigation” and “having reviewed all relevant evidence in this case it is our determination that no such retaliation is evident and that your termination was for appropriate reasons under both Pfizer policy and local law”.

March 28, 2007: Idnani wrote to Ryan Trierweiler with copy to John Hong, Melanie Trinidad, and Indrani Franchini. “It is apparent that, by default, the Board of Directors - Pfizer Inc and N.Y. Pfizer Leadership Team have condoned, justified and given a clean certificate to . . . in respect of frauds, money laundering, undervaluation of Pfizer assets sold and other misdemeanors/felonies.”

March 29, 2007, John S. Hong, Pfizer Corporate Counsel, International Investigations and Programs in Pfizer’s Legal Division/Corporate Compliance group wrote an e-mail to Idnani: “Thank you for your below feedback, and I ensure you that the allegations which you have raised were treated seriously and reviewed appropriately. As you are aware, an investigation was conducted by a Legal and Audit Compliance team who traveled to India to meet with you and review your concerns. In regards to your requests below, we will not be able to provide you with any documentation related to the investigation of this matter, as that information is privileged and confidential. Regarding the documentation you reference related to the Hyderabad Plant allegation please forward any relevant documents to my attention. You may send them electronically, by mail or via fax, whichever is most convenient, and we will review them accordingly. Lastly, I want to make clear that the Company does not tolerate or condone any misconduct on the part of our colleagues, and I would like to emphasize that considerable time and effort were resourced to thoroughly review your claims.”

March 29, 2006: Idnani wrote back to John Hong. “It is a bit too late to ask me for further documentation on Hyderabad Plant . . . Either, you have not investigated, or there has been deficient investigation . . . I have given documents to Ms. Franchini of payments . . . for detectives, to tail the ex-country manager of Pfizer affiliate.”

April 5, 2007: Idnani wrote email to Jeff Kindler, CEO, Alan Levin, CFO, David Shedlarz, Vice Chairman, with copy to Indrani Franchini, Melanie Trinidad, John Hong and Ryan Trierweiler. He summarized his allegations:

** Undervaluation of manufacturing plant at Hyderabad (frauds and money laundering).
** Undervaluation of residential property at Brighton (frauds and money laundering).
** Unfair and fraudulent accounting (fraud, criminal conspiracy).
** Financial negligence (payments of very excessive advance Income-Tax, later refunded)
** Money laundering activities . . . This activity took place in Pfizer premises. An e-mail detailing the complete fraudulent and racketeering scheme was sent to Mr. John Hong in December 2006 (fraud, money laundering, perjury, tax evasion, criminal conspiracy committed by . . .
** Sending detectives behind litigants and the ex-country manager of a Pfizer Inc. affiliate and possibly to shadow a sitting judge of the high court (unethical, criminal and possibly anti-national behavior).
** Retaliation against me: reducing my grades, freezing of my salary and denial of bonuses for unprecedented four (4) years because I challenged the integrity of . . . and other acts of retaliation.
** Abusing women employees.

April 30, 2007: E-mail from Ryan Trierweiler to Idnani. “As you can see by receipt of various checks over the past couple of weeks I have been working on your behalf to sort out any issues related to your dues. I've also been working with the India site to figure out why these dues were not paid to you sooner.”

May 11, 2007: Idnani contacted Peter Rost. “My name is Ashok S. Idnani. I was a Deputy Manager with Pfizer-India, Finance Division, in Mumbai. I worked with Pfizer-India for 28 years. Suddenly, on August 28, 2006, my services were wrongfully terminated. Cover-up reasons were given immediately after terminating my employment and only after I demanded the reasons. Actually, the termination was in retaliation for reporting to the New York Pfizer Leadership Team in November 2005, a Corporate Compliance Issue for frauds and unfair Accounting.”

May 16, 2007: Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle - Part One
May 17, 2007: Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle – Part Two
May 18, 2007: Pfizer Finance Executive Blows the Whistle – Part Three

May 20: Pfizer CFO Alan Levin resigns.

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"Looks like it's gonna be quite a party!"


Dr. Peter Rost Will Break ANOTHER Whistle Blower Case Today - Check Blog!
By Digg

"Dr. Peter Rost is the self- proclaimed "health care Hitman" formally a VP from the EVIL PHARMA Empires (Biggie P and Biggie W), who defected to use his "special powers" for the forces of good, In the course of a couple of months, he has BROKE several of the biggest health care media Whistle-blower stories GLOBALLY. His new BIG story breaks today."