Qui Tam

As a Qui Tam Attorney who enjoys prosecuting fraud cases, especially tax fraud, this is total ABSURDITY! On August 30, 2017, Julian Schmoke, Jr. was appointed by the Trump administration to lead the Student Aid Enforcement Unit of the Department of Education. This unit was created under President Obama to aggressively combat fraud and...

Today LaBovick Law Group received another great letter from the United States Department of Treasury, IRS Division.  It was a successful letter!  The IRS had recovered significant funds due to the brave work of one of the LaBovick Law Group tax whistleblowers.  These Tax Qui Tam cases are designed to bring tax cheats and fraudsters...

How many people cheat on their taxes?  I am sure it is millions.  In fact, I would venture to say that a clear majority of people, in some way, intentionally under-report their total taxable income.  The term for the amount of money the IRS loses on unpaid or under paid taxes is called the...

What would you estimate is the amount of money which the IRS fails to collect every year?  Certainly the IRS knows many people and especially big business doesn’t always pay the “right” amount in taxes  In fact every year people and big companies do just the opposite. They actually and intentionally cheat on their...

  We have been working for Tax Whistleblowers since 2007.  During that time the tax courts, the IRS and the Justice Department have tried over and over again to limit the payouts to tax whistleblowers.  They throw up roadblocks and try to leverage the whistleblower into lowering the amount they are due in a...

Dear Fellow Qui Tam attorneys, Future Whistleblowers and Friends: (more…)

Spectacular news! As of August 3, 2016, The United States Tax Court finally made a decision on how to rule on criminal money going to whistleblowers and they ruled in the tax whistleblowers favor! That is a great step in the right direction. So many large corporations are NOT paying their fair share of taxes and...

The scary answer for businesses on who can file a qui-tam or whistleblower case is anyone who has the information.  That means this person can range anywhere from the janitor who finds the paperwork in the trash,  the secretary of the President who can see what is going on, or the Vice President in...

Qui tam started here in the United States in the 1800s during the Civil War.  Originally it was named “the Lincoln Law” and was enacted in order to stop the corruption and fraud the government was suffering trying to buy supplies for the war.  The fraud was rampant at all levels, from the sale...

What an amazing day today actually is! What do you say? It’s not my birthday! It’s not the 4th of July!  It’s not even National Send your Grandma a Hallmark Card Day! What is today? Today is National Whistleblower Day! I am sure you count the days each year for this fantastic holiday. Ok,...