Several news outlets have highlighted our client’s historic $79 million whistleblower award, shared with two other whistleblowers. The award is one of the largest ever made under the IRS Whistleblower Program for exposing tax fraud, with the whistleblowers helping the government recover more than $263 million. The press coverage has focused not only on the historic nature of the award, but also how it demonstrates the broader reforms undertaken by the IRS to improve its Whistleblower Program.
The Washington Post described the award as “a major win for the IRS whistleblower program” under its new leadership. Whistleblower Partners attorneys Mike Ronickher and Chris McLamb, who represented our client in the case along with Eric Havian, were quoted in the story about the improvements to the IRS whistleblower program and the key steps taken by the Whistleblower Office to facilitate the award in this case.
Bloomberg also covered the award at length, with IRS Whistleblower Director John Hinman offering comments on the improving state of the Whistleblower Program, including nearly tripling the size of the Whistleblower Office and changing policies to pay whistleblower awards more quickly. McLamb echoed those comments and emphasized the need for IRS enforcement personnel to follow the Whistleblower Office’s lead in working collaboratively with whistleblowers and their attorneys.
After the initial coverage, Fortune published an op-ed by Ronickher and McLamb that took a deeper look at the status of the program. The attorneys reflected on their client’s historic award and suggested further improvements to the IRS Whistleblower Program: “The government is always tasked to do more with less—and whistleblowers offer a uniquely high return on investment. The current leadership at the IRS Whistleblower Office gets that, and this case shows that even a small culture change can generate ripples that will unlock the potential of whistleblowers to help close the tax gap.”
The Wall Street Journal, National Law Review, CPA Practice Advisor, Thomson Reuters, and Kiplinger also reported on this groundbreaking award.
Whistleblower Partners is a boutique law firm dedicated solely to representing whistleblowers under government reward programs. We've represented hundreds of whistleblowers who have helped return billions of dollars to the government.
Whistleblower Partners also has unique experience shutting down tax frauds. Our team includes a former Department of Justice tax attorney, a former member of the IRS whistleblower office, and a law professor specializing in complex tax shelters. We have dozens of claims pending under the IRS Whistleblower Program, covering a wide variety of individual and corporate tax schemes. Our attorneys also regularly consult with the IRS whistleblower office and have written extensively about the whistleblower program in The Washington Post, Fortune, and other major publications. We have the skill and experience needed to explain complex tax scams to the government and achieve a successful resolution for our whistleblower clients.
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