Category: IRS Whistleblower

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Made 169 Whistleblower Awards In 2020 $86.6 Million Awarded Last Year Whistleblower Protections From Employer Retaliation The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office pays money to people who blow the whistle on corporations who fail to pay the tax that they owe.  The Whistleblower Office continues encourages […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $24.9 Million Settlement Of Mortgage Lending Requirement Violations  Lender Allegedly Issued FHA-Insured Loans To Ineligible Borrowers Whistleblower To Receive $4.98 Million Reward Fraud committed by mortgage lenders in government-insured home loans constitutes violations of applicable federal home lending and housing laws and regulations and the False Claims Act.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Primary Federal Whistleblower Laws And Programs  Whistleblower Awards Available Under Each Whistleblower Program Whistleblowers Also Protected From Employer Retaliation The federal government has a variety of whistleblower programs rewarding Americans for coming forth with information of fraud or false claims against the government.  Each of these programs also […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Starts With IRS Form 211  Counsel Can Help Prepare Form You Are Protected From Employer Retaliation The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office pays money to people who blow the whistle on persons who fail to pay the tax that they owe. If the IRS uses information provided […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How You Submit Information Of Fraud To The IRS  Understanding The Process Protections From Retaliation Whenever an individual has information of significant tax evasion, he or she may be eligible for a reward if the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ultimately collects from the delinquent taxpayer based on that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Targets Offshore Tax Avoidance And Other Tax Evasion Schemes Billions Lost Every Year To Tax Fraud Whistleblowers Rewarded For Assistance Over the past several years, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has targeted offshore tax avoidance as perhaps the largest drain year after year on tax revenue. Corporations […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Awards Under Dodd-Frank Act Growing In June, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded $50 million to an individual whistleblower who provided detailed, firsthand observations of misconduct by a company, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Offshore Tax Avoidance And Other Tax Evasion Schemes Billions Lost To Tax Fraud Whistleblowers Rewarded For Assistance Over the past several months, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced several new enforcement initiatives against tax evaders. One was the creation of a special task force of agents dedicated exclusively […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Reporting Domestic And Offshore Securities Fraud<h3> In April 2020 alone, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded $34 million to whistleblowers who blew the whistle on securities fraud here in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Securities and Exchange Commission Rewards Whistleblowers Any Securities Fraud Can Be The Basis of a Whistleblower Case Over $396 Million Awarded Since SEC Whistleblower Program Began Last month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced two whistleblower awards in connection with multiple enforcement actions against several companies […]