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1. Witness tax cheating? Your pathway to riches. The IRS Whistleblower Office pays awards to eligible individuals whose information is used by the IRS. The percentage depends on several factors, but generally falls between 15 and 30 percent of the proceeds collected and attributable to the whistleblower's information. irs.gov/compliance/whis…
1. Witness tax cheating? Your pathway to riches. The IRS Whistleblower Office pays awards to eligible individuals whose information is used by the IRS. The percentage depends on several factors, but generally falls between 15 and 30 percent of the proceeds collected and attributable to the whistleblower's information. https://www.irs.gov/compliance/whistleblower-office
2. Qui tam. Whistleblower cases under the False Claims Act (also known as qui tam lawsuits) cases can lead to substantial recoveries by both the government and the whistleblower. In general, the most successful cases are ones in which the government takes an interest and “intervenes.” Typical kinds:
Health Care Fraud
Pharmaceutical Companies
Medical Devices and Implants
Upcoding and Unbundling/Fragmentation
Kickbacks
False Certifications and Information
Lack of Medical Necessity
Fraudulent Cost Reports
Grant or Program Fraud
Medicare Advantage Risk-Adjustment Fraud
Does Your Plan’s Risk Adjustment Strategy Violate the False Claims Act?
Medicare Part D Fraud
Medical Loss Ratio Fraud
Fraud in the Financial Industry
Municipal Transactions
FHA Mortgages
Yield Burning
3. In common law jurisdictions a private attorney can bring a lawsuit in the public interest, i.e., benefiting the general public and not just the plaintiff, on behalf of a citizen or group of citizens.
Congress codified the private attorney general principle into law with the enactment of Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Congress levelled the playing field so that private citizens, who might have little or no money, could still serve as "private attorneys general" and afford to bring actions, even against state or local bodies, to enforce the civil rights laws.
While there is a private attorney general act in the United States, a private non-attorney citizen can't act as a "private attorney general" for all purposes.
4. SEC. Provides monetary awards to eligible individuals who come forward with high-quality original information that leads to a Commission enforcement action in which over $1,000,000 in sanctions is ordered. The range for awards is between 10% and 30% of the money collected.
5. DOL. I heard approximately 26 types of whistleblower cases. Not all the statutes are the same but there are fee shifting statutes. https://www.dol.gov/general/topics/whistleblower
Thank you Mr. Solomon. Your knowledge is huge and your work experience priceless.
I suspected for a number of years that an enemy of mine had bad-mouthed me to the IRS hoping to simply harass me. But not to actually collect as a result of a Qui tam. The IRS obliged him. Did you ever sit in on a qui tam for a native American tribe?