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Cartel investigator took ‘no notes’, sent documents to personal email – 24 July 2020
The lead investigator (Michael Taylor) for the competition watchdog’s blockbuster criminal cartel case against ANZ and Australia’s biggest investment banks, sent several documents related to the case to his personal email address and did not take any notes in his official notebook about the investigation.
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Wire-wearing Novartis whistleblower gets $US109m award – 24 July 2020
The former Novartis sales representative Oswald Bilotta, whose whistleblower lawsuit against the drugmaker led to a $678 million settlement with the federal government earlier this year will receive an award of $US109.4 million. He accused Novartis in 2011 of routinely paying illegal kickbacks to doctors.
Gold Coast construction identity extradited over $17m tax fraud syndicate – 24 July 2020
Construction industry identity George Alex, has been extradited from Queensland to New South Wales, to face charges over a multi-million dollar tax fraud syndicate. The group allegedly defrauded the Commonwealth through labour hire and payroll companies, to the tune of $17 million.
Tax time 2020: Economic stimulus and tax whistleblowers – 22 July 2020
Article outlines options for CPAs who encounter situations of potential tax fraud as part of Covid 19 economic stimulus measures and the protections afforded by the tax whistleblower laws, introduced last year.
https://www.intheblack.com/articles/2020/07/22/economic-stimulus-and-tax-whistleblowers
