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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...
GAO Report Finds Excluding FBAR Violations from Award Calculations “Negatively Affected Whistleblowers’ Willingness to Bring Information to IRS”
In February 2018, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, requiring the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to include penalties for Report...
CBS News Special Features Biofuels Fraud Whistleblower
Whistleblower on CBS show On Friday, August 31, CBS News will air a segment featuring biofuels fraud whistleblower, Alex "Sasha" Chepurko on...
Historic Win for Tax Whistleblowers at International Financial Institutions
DOJ withdraws appeal in criminal tax whistleblower case; whistleblowers to obtain US$12.9 million award WASHINGTON, D.C. | MARCH 29, 2018—The...
DOJ Drops Case, IRS Whistleblowers to Receive $12.9 Million Award from Criminal Prosecution of Swiss Bank
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice officially dismissed their appeal of case Whistleblower 21276-13W and 21277-13W v. CIR, Case Nos. 17-1119...
Big Win for Whistleblowers in Bipartisan Budget Act
Crippling Loopholes in the Tax and Wall Street Whistleblower Reward Laws are Closed WASHINGTON, D.C. | February 9, 2018—The Bipartisan...
Whistleblower Poll
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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