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(“US Internal Revenue Service Pays First Big Whistle-Blower Award,” published at 11:57 a.m. ET, incorrectly stated the amount of the award. The correct version follows.) A three-year-old U.S. Internal Revenue Service program that promises hefty bounties for information on big tax cheats has paid out what appears to be its first substantial reward. The office […]

Washington, D.C. February 17, 2010.  Today, the National Whistleblowers Center released evidence regarding the case of UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld , which demonstrates his heroic efforts to expose tax fraud.   Attached to the fact sheet prepared by the NWC are scanned original documents related to the illegal UBS tax scandal. “The record shows the Department of Justice’s decision to […]

At a critical point in the intense U.S.-Swiss negotiations that took place this past summer to get the names of U.S. taxpayers who were part of a massive tax evasion program, things suddenly took a nasty turn. The U.S. Justice Department, frustrated for decades by Swiss efforts to foil any tampering with its bank secrecy […]

S. 372 repeals existing FBI protections and expands state secrets privilege Washington, D.C. March 10, 2010.  Prominent national security whistleblowers and advocacy groups issued a letter today urging the Senate to vote against the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 (S. 372) unless the dangerous national security whistleblower provisions are corrected.  This bill, which is […]

Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) — Bradley Birkenfeld, a key informant in the U.S. investigation of offshore tax evasion at UBS AG, began a 40-month prison term today at a federal facility in Minersville, Pennsylvania. Since Birkenfeld approached U.S. authorities about UBS’s practices in 2007, seven former UBS clients, including a billionaire real-estate developer, have pleaded guilty. […]