Getnick Law has decades of experience counseling clients who wish to report fraud to the government under whistleblower laws and programmes. Our work has consistently resulted in high award percentages for our clients, including the maximum percentage allowed by law.
At every phase of representation, we work diligently to protect our clients’ interests and maximize their chances of success.
We have in-depth discussions with clients regarding the potential risks and rewards of making a submission; the client’s eligibility to receive an award under the programme’s requirements; what the client can expect to occur after making a submission; and, though anonymity can never be guaranteed, how to best protect a client’s confidentiality throughout the process.
We also conduct extensive due diligence into the information clients provide before making a submission to assess the likelihood of a successful outcome and determine whether the information may be eligible for an award under multiple whistleblower programmes. For example, an individual with information that a company is evading taxes in both the United Kingdom and the United States may be able to submit information under both the HMRC tax reward programme and the IRS Whistleblower Program. Depending on whether other violations have occurred, additional U.S.-based whistleblower programmes could be implicated, including (but not limited to) the SEC Whistleblower Program, the CFTC Whistleblower Program, and FinCEN’s Anti-Money Laundering Program.
For matters we determine to be eligible for an award, we prepare compelling submissions that are designed to persuade the government to actively investigate the alleged fraud, maximizing the potential for an award. In our experience, the most successful results under whistleblower/informant reward programmes are achieved when the government agency, the informant, and counsel work together to maximize the recovery. We have a long history of working collaboratively with government officials, which enables the government to leverage private resources to expose serious fraud. This, in turn, results in successful outcomes for the government and our clients. If implemented to its full potential, this partnership will effectively expand HMRC’s capacity to detect tax fraud without increasing taxes on UK citizens.