Employed at a sales company in California from 2018-2019 as the director of QA. The companies largest customer was in Washington. The customer would always ask for samples from each “batch” of product to perform in house tests before committing to the purchase. They were testing for a specific molecule that commonly affected all the batches (some more than others which also played into our grading system). Instead of providing the batch samples from each group for randomized testing, the company had the supplier send pre-tested perfect samples. We would then (and I did sign these reports and knowingly perform this action on behalf of the company) send the samples to the company labeled with the corresponding “batch” they were going to buy.

I was fired in 2019 for an unrelated HR claim but decided to screenshot all the email evidence I could find discussing the sample swapping and I believe it’s clearly/unquestionably incriminating.

The customer purchases around 10 million of this product yearly. I also know other sister companies supply them product and perform the same actions.

Is there a way to bring this forward, if so, where would I start?

Would I receive compensation? Or could I sell this information the company being defrauded?

Lastly, would I be in trouble for committing fraud on behalf the company? Or are any whistleblower protections available to the private sector - trade commission etc?

Thank you to whoever takes time to read and comment! You’re the hero’s of the sub.