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Compliance professionals emerging as whistleblowers under new government support

Compliance professionals emerging as whistleblowers under new government support

- ACFCS
Brian Mahany, a fraud recovery and whistleblower claims lawyer with three decades of experience as an advocate and attorney, spoke with ACFCS about the role of compliance professionals as whistleblowers, and how the law protects – and sometimes generously rewards – those who report wrongdoings to the government.
Mahany has made a career out of defending fraud victims and whistleblowers who face retaliation from employers, sometimes leading to multi-million dollar recoveries or...

US-Swiss tax evasion chess game advances, as three Swiss bankers face US criminal charges

US-Swiss tax evasion chess game advances, as three Swiss bankers face US criminal charges

- ACFCS
When Swiss bankers Stephan Fellman, Otto Huppi and Christof Reist began their six-year campaigns to lure US taxpayers into opening accounts at the Swiss financial institution Kantonal Bank Zurich (KBZ), they advertised their services as discreet and operating under the radar of US agencies, particularly the Internal Revenue Service. Now, thanks to an indictment unsealed last week in Manhattan federal court, the three bankers have the US government’s full attention, as they face criminal...