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Of interest to whistleblowers reporting fraud under the False Claims Act<\/a>, the IRS Whistleblower Program<\/a>, or the brand new SEC Whistleblower <\/a>and CFTC Whistleblower Programs <\/a>is an upcoming presentation, “Avoiding the Mistakes of the UBS\/Birkenfeld Case: Protecting Whistleblowers from Criminal and Civil Liability.”<\/a><\/p>\n

This discussion is part of a fascinating gathering this April in South Beach–the OffshoreAlert Conference<\/a>. As the brochure promises: <\/p>\n

Where else could tax collectors mingle with tax minimizers, asset tracers with asset protectors, regulators with the regulated, whistleblowers with their former employers and crooks with prosecutors?<\/em><\/p>\n

How to protect whistleblowers from criminal and civil liability was a topic my panel discussed at the 2010 IRS Whistleblower Boot Camp <\/a>in Washington. Because we had the IRS Chief Counsel’s Office participating in that discussion, we were unable to discuss directly what went wrong for Birkenfeld as he brought important information about tax evasion to the attention of the IRS, but ended up serving a prison sentence of 40 months. (We have written previously about Birkenfeld’s errors revealed in the court record<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

At the OffshoreAlert Conference discussion this year, I will moderate the panel discussion about what can be done to protect whistleblowers from criminal and civil exposure. Joining me are former Justice Department official and former General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Joe D. Whitley; former prosecutor and now whistleblower attorney Marc Raspanti; and federal and international tax attorney Richard Rubin.<\/p>\n

The program description<\/a> is reprinted below:
\n Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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