Last week, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden and Chairman Mike Crapo introduced the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act, a bipartisan bill seeking to improve a wide range of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) procedures and administration. Among other notable reforms, the Act incorporates another rare piece of bipartisan legislation: The IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement […]
A recent price-fixing guilty plea provides a roadmap for antitrust whistleblowers looking to report wrongdoing and receive a reward. Last month, DOJ announced the guilty plea of Dennis Dopico, who conspired to fix seafood prices in Florida. DOJ alleged that Dopico conspired for years with other wholesalers to fix the prices of stone crab claws […]
The fall of BF Borgers raises an interesting question. Could an accountant—at Borgers or elsewhere—have blown the whistle on the embattled firm? More fundamentally, when accountants see financial fraud or other wrongdoing, can they report it to the government? The answer is surprisingly tricky. Certified Public Accountants are bound by rules of professional ethics and […]
Whistleblower Partners is proud to announce that its client has received a $300,000 (CAD) award from the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”). As recognized in OSC’s press release, our client, who remains anonymous, provided significant information to the OSC that helped halt complex and difficult-to-detect misconduct. In making the award, the OSC emphasized that our client’s […]
On Wednesday, Whistleblower Partners client Ed Pierson testified before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations regarding the breakdown of safety culture at Boeing. Mr. Pierson is a former Senior Manager in Boeing's Renton, Washington factory, where it manufactures its 737 aircraft. He is now the Executive Director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety. At the […]
