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Pay-to-Play Pardons? Trump Ally Offered IRS Whistleblower “Assistance” for Over $1 Million
In December, Whistleblower Network News posted an opinion piece titled “Bradley Birkenfeld Deserves a Presidential Pardon.” The piece argues that...
Yellen Dodges Senate Whistleblower Question
1/25/21 11:30 EST Update: On January 25, the U.S. Senate voted 84-15 to confirm Janet Yellen as the Secretary of...
IRS Whistleblower Program Recovered $472 Million in 2020 – But Office is Plagued by Massive Delays
On December 29, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office released its Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Report. The report highlights...
Whistleblower Advocates Call on Congress to Strengthen IRS Tax Whistleblower Program to Combat COVID-19 Related Tax Fraud
In open letters to the Senate Finance Committee and House Committee on Ways and Means, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC)...
Israeli Bank Hit with Massive Penalty for Tax Evasion
An article published by SwissInfo on Friday reports that Israeli bank Hapoalim has been fined nearly $875 million by the...
IRS Warns Taxpayers of Increased COVID-19 Frauds, Encourages Reporting of Scams
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning to taxpayers about fraudulent schemes related to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak....
Opinion: New Law Provides Protections For Tax Whistleblowers And Better Communication With IRS
A guest post from Dean Zerbe, senior policy analyst for the National Whistleblower Center and former tax counsel for the Senate...
Report: Swiss bank whistleblower has more to say, wants a pardon
https://youtu.be/TejOqLbDQT4?t=306 The Swiss bank whistleblower who outed Americans’ secret USB bank accounts says he has information on more wrongdoing. Bradley...
Don’t die waiting for an IRS whistleblower award. Get better service on Capitol Hill?
More whistleblowing in the halls of Congress and other news of the week. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, chairman of the...
Whistleblowers helped the IRS collect more money than ever last year: $1.4 billion in fines and forfeiture
Whistleblowers helped the IRS collect more than $1.4 billion in criminal fines, civil forfeitures, and reporting violations in fiscal year...
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Exclusive Marist Poll: Overwhelming Public Support Among Likely Voters For Increased Whistleblower Protections
In September, Marist (an A+ rated pollster) conducted a survey of American adults on behalf of Whistleblower Network News. The...
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