Whistleblower

In its first multiyear operating plan, the IRS Whistleblower Office laid out its priorities.

UBS France retaliated against its former auditor by sidelining him and refusing to promote him to executive director after he disclosed information to bosses.

TIGTA report suggests the IRS needs to do more to enable whistleblowers to report on fraud, waste and abuse, even if they've signed nondisclosure agreements.

Three people shared the award after disclosing an offshore tax-evasion scheme that spanned 15 years, enabling the IRS to collect $263 million from an unidentified individual.

The IRS Whistleblower Program paid whistleblowers 121 awards totaling $88.8 million in fiscal 2023, up from $37.8 million the previous year.

A former auditor, Nicolas Forissier was made a "chevalier" — or knight — of France's National Order of Merit during a ceremony at the Senate in Paris.

The Internal Revenue Service has updated its whistleblower award form for tipping off the IRS about tax violations and applying for a monetary reward for the information.

Alongside their public reports, Carson Block and Nate Anderson are quietly sharing research about sketchy accounting and other misdeeds with the commission's whistleblower office.

Hunter Biden sued the service, alleging that so-called IRS whistleblowers illegally disclosed information about his taxes.

Pav Gill is setting up Confide, catering to companies that want to boost their corporate governance.

The award is the fourth largest in the commission's whistleblower program's history. 

They still haven't recovered their levels of three years ago, though

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners held its annual conference last week in Seattle where it presented awards to people who uncovered corruption and financial fraud around the world.

A new report looks into tipster hotlines backed by anti-retaliation policies, as allegations emerged about retaliation against an IRS whistleblower.

Lawmakers introduced two pieces of legislation to require public companies to disclose their financial reporting on a country-by-country basis and strengthen the IRS's whistleblower program.

The whistleblower program ignores its own rules, shields much of its work from the public, and has been a financial boon for law firms that hired former agency officials

The whistleblower may be getting closer to forcing French authorities to compensate her for helping uncover about $10.2 billion taxpayers stashed away in Swiss bank accounts.

The chemical and automotive fluid manufacturer will realign its business units in the wake of a bookkeeping investigation triggered by whistleblowers.

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The Internal Revenue Service gave out far less money last year to tax whistleblowers than in recent years and collected much less as well, according to a new report.