The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced it is stepping up its hunt for federal funds fraud under the Whistleblower Alert, which offers cash rewards of up to 30 percent to whistleblowers who provide information that leads to successful enforcement actions.
The new Whistleblower Alert program is part of an expanded effort by the IRS to detect and investigate fraud involving federal funds. The alert highlights concerns about the misuse, diversion or fraudulent handling of federal money by tax?exempt organizations, businesses and individuals, and it calls on people with direct knowledge of wrongdoing to come forward, according to an IRS statement.
