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How to Report Tax Fraud in New York
New York is one of a few states that allow private individuals to file whistleblower (qui tam) lawsuits against those who avoid or underpay state taxes. Successful whistleblowers can receive between 15% and 30% of the state’s recovery, and some whistleblowers have received awards of tens of millions of dollars.
New York False Claims Act lawsuits can be brought against defendants with “net income or sales” of $1 million or more per year, where damages (i.e., taxes owed) are greater than $350,000. So this is really about tax fraud by corporations or high net worth individuals. Reportable New York tax fraud includes, but is not limited to:
Money Laundering
Failure to report all revenue
Failure To Collect and/or Remit Sales or Payroll Taxes
Abuse of tax shelter
Mispricing goods or services
Exaggerating losses
Backdating stock option grants
Tax fraud has always been a significant problem in the United States. It’s estimated that about 15% of taxes owed are unpaid, resulting in losses roughly equivalent to ¾ of the annual federal budget deficit. Individuals and corporations that evade taxes are not only cheating the government – they’re also stealing money from their fellow law-abiding citizens, and making it more difficult for the government to provide the programs and services that we all rely on.
Tax Fraud Whistleblower Protections
The NY State False Claims Act provides remedies for employees who experience retaliation after blowing the whistle on their employers. Your remedies can include:
- • Double back pay, plus interest
- • Reinstatement to their job or a job with equivalent seniority
- • Reinstatement of benefits
- • An injunction preventing their employer from continuing to retaliate against them
- • Attorneys’ fees and court costs
- • Additional special damages
In order to take advantage of the anti-retaliation provisions you need to blow the whistle the right way. If you do so the wrong way, you may lose your case before it begins. That’s why it’s important to retain qualified whistleblower counsel early. If your qui tam tax fraud case is filed properly you’ll remain anonymous while the government investigates.
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New York Tax Fraud Cases Can Result in Huge Settlements - And Huge Whistleblower Awards
Whistleblower awards under the New York False Claims Act can be quite large. For instance, in March 2, 2021, the New York Attorney General announced a $105 million settlement against an individual hedge fund manager and his firm, based on tax-evasion allegations originally brought by a whistleblower. This was the largest recovery against an individual in the 14-year history of the New York False Claims Act, and it resulted in an award of $22.05 million, or 21% of the overall settlement, to the whistleblower.
The case alleged a failure to pay tens of millions of dollars in state and city taxes on deferred fees for offshore investment management services that had actually been performed in – and were, therefore, taxable by – New York City.
The whistleblower in this case was a limited liability company, apparently formed for the purpose of bringing this lawsuit. For stepping forward, the LLC will receive $22.05 million, or 21% of the overall settlement.
Altogether, New York has recovered a total of $577.8 million in tax-fraud settlements since 2010. In the most recent reported case, State of New York ex rel. Argeroplos and Clark v. Service Station Vending Equipment, Inc. and McCabe, the state recovered $4.25 million from a distributor of coin-operated machines for tire inflation that failed to collect and remit sales taxes and also paid employees off the books, and its owner who falsified his personal tax returns. The whistleblowers in that case received $829,500, or 21% of the settlement amount.
And in People v. Sprint Communications, et al. (2018), the state obtained the largest-ever recovery by a single state in an action brought under a state false claims act, when Sprint Communications agreed to pay $330 million to resolve allegations that it failed to collect and pay NYS & NYC sales taxes on the monthly access charges for its cellphone plans. The whistleblower in that case received $62.7 million, or 19% of the total, a record New York whistleblower award at the time
How Do I Report New York Tax Fraud?
If you have information on high-value tax evasion or underpayments, call the New York tax fraud whistleblower attorneys at Brown, LLC at (877) 561-0000. Learn your rights as a whistleblower and the potential to receive a substantial award. We’re available 24/7, and the consultation is free and completely confidential!
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Our Achievements
100 Million Dollar Settlement Fund for Women Injured by a New Birth Control Product
Jason T. Brown was the first attorney in the country to file a battery of cases on behalf of women who sustained blood clots, such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolisms, strokes and death from a new Birth control Product. Jason T. Brown’s prior firm was on the PSC (Plaintiff Steering Committee) and served as liaison counsel in the state mass tort action. The firm is no longer accepting new cases.
Tens of Millions in Settlements for Mass Tort Injuries and Class Actions

$7 Million Plus Settlement for Consumer Fraud

$7 Million Dollar Commercial Litigation Settlement

$5.475+ Million Settlement for Temple Online Students
Value of the settlement when factoring in non-economic relief exceeds $7 million dollars. Description and Settlement forms available at:
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Millions in Settlements for Women Injured by New Generation Hormonal Product
Women who sustained blood clots from a new Generation Hormonal Product received and continue to receive compensation for their injuries. Compensable injuries include Pulmonary Embolisms (PE), Deep-Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Strokes and Death. The firm is still investigating and accepting cases.

Nationwide $3.5 Million Settlement for Wage & Hour Class Action Case
Case brought on behalf of at home call center workers who were not paid for all their time worked including boot up time, technical time and other time. Workers were told by the company that boot up time which lasted 15 minutes or more was not paid because it was considered their commute to work. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

$3.2 Million Settlement for Wage & Hour Class Action Case
Case brought on behalf of workers who were misclassified as salaried exempt from overtime. The employer led employees to believe that they had to work unlimited hours over 40 without overtime compensation even though based on their job duties it was alleged they were entitled to overtime pay.

$2.4 Million Dollar Settlement for Wage & Hour Class Action
Lawsuit was brought as a class action on behalf of workers who worked in excess of 40 hours a week and were not paid overtime. The employer was forcing them to work “off the clock” for those hours and failed to pay proper overtime compensation.

$2 Million Dollar Settlement for False Claims Act (Whistleblower Case)

“$2 Million Dollar False Claims Act (FCA) Settlement – Unnecessary Services”
A case against GenomeDx was brought alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) and the California Insurance Claims Fraud Prevention Act regarding unnecessary services such as the testing of tissues that did not need to be tested. The case resulted in a $350,000 whistleblower award.

$2 Million Dollar Settlement for Truck Accident Victim
Our firm was Of Counsel to a serious truck accident case involving a trucking accident with multiple injuries.

Nationwide $1.3 Million Judgment against Future Income Payments and Scott Kohn for Consumer Fraud
Scott Kohn and Future Income Payments conspired to defraud veterans out of their hard earned pensions by offering them loans at loanshark rates and claiming it was a “purchase” not a loan.

$1.7 Million Dollar Settlement for Wage & Hour Case
Misclassified employees under the FLSA were not paid overtime for hours worked in excess of 40. Due to a confidentiality agreement specific details are intentionally omitted.

Judgment with Maximum Damages for Employment Litigation
Judgment for misclassification under the FLSA including maximum damages under State and Federal Laws, plus an incentive fee for the lead plaintiff with attorney fees paid separately. The case involved a worker who was paid a day rate regardless of the amount of hours worked per day and per week.

Class Action Jury Trial
Workers alleged that they were misclassified according to their job duties. The Defendant claimed an administrative exemption under the FLSA and state law. Misclassification cases under the FLSA are the cases most often tried due to non-monetary considerations. Jury Trial lasted three weeks. Settlement offered in lieu of appeal.

Acquittal at Trial
Despite videotaped evidence that the prosecutor alleged incriminated the defendant, Mr. Brown was able to obtain an acquittal at trial for his client. Please note, that while we, the Brown, LLC will provide consultations in defense matters, the firm spends most of its time litigating complex litigation such as class actions, mass torts and catastrophic injuries.

Judgment with Maximum Damages for Wage & Hour Dispute
Wage & Hour dispute on behalf of hourly employees who were not paid time and a half for hours in excess of 40. Employees were granted double damages for all their time with attorney fees and costs paid separately.

Million Dollar Settlement for Wage & Hour Class Action Case
Workers were compelled to come into work 15 minutes early to set up, but were not paid for their set up time. Gap issues aside, workers received double damages for the time worked for 3 years’ worth of pay with attorney fees paid separately.
This is a non-exhaustive list of prior results and successes of Jason T. Brown and the Brown, LLC. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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