Pre-Recorded Webinar
A Sit-down with Lucifer’s Banker: How to Bring an IRS Whistleblower Case
Original Air Date: Thursday, January 8, 2026
What really happens when a whistleblower steps forward with a major tax case?
How does the IRS evaluate, escalate, and prosecute these high-stakes leads?
And what should tax professionals and their clients know before they make that fateful call?
Join Tax Rep Network Founder Eric Green and Bradley Birkenfeld, the infamous UBS whistleblower and author of Lucifer’s Banker, Uncensored, for an unfiltered, behind-the-scenes look at how IRS whistleblower cases actually unfold. This exclusive session pulls back the curtain on the gritty, high-pressure world of tax whistleblowing—from the moment a tip is filed to the fallout that can follow. Birkenfeld, whose information led to the largest whistleblower payout in IRS history, will walk attendees through the strategic, legal, and personal ramifications of blowing the whistle—while Eric Green breaks down how these cases move through the IRS, and what every practitioner needs to know to protect themselves and their clients.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how the IRS Whistleblower Office really works
- Describe the risks, rewards, and real-world consequences for whistleblowers
- Identify critical steps tax pros must take when a client hints at insider information or potential misconduct
- Understand common pitfalls, legal traps, and ethical dangers that can derail a whistleblower submission
This is not a sanitized, textbook overview. This is a frontline account from the man who cracked open Swiss banking secrecy and paid the personal price—paired with actionable guidance from one of the nation’s top IRS representation experts. If you want to understand the risks, opportunities, and realities behind IRS whistleblower actions, this is a webinar you cannot afford to miss.
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Meet the Speakers
Eric Green – Attorney and Founder, Tax Rep Network
Attorney Eric L. Green is a practicing tax attorney, author, speaker, and coach. He founded Tax Rep LLC which runs the popular tax representation practice-growth training and coaching program Tax Rep Network. Through his role as the primary instructor and coach at Tax Rep Network, he has helped thousands of accountants start and grow successful tax representation practices.
Eric is a partner and founder of law firm Green & Sklarz LLP, which is based in New Haven, Connecticut, where his focus is taxpayer representation before the IRS, Department of Justice Tax Division and state departments of revenue. Prior to becoming an attorney, Eric served as a senior tax consultant for national and international accounting firms, including KPMG and Deloitte & Touche.
Eric developed a national reputation by building a remarkable record of negotiating favorable settlements in thousands of civil cases against government agencies and has also been able to convince government agents and attorneys to forgo criminal charges and civilly resolve many cases.
Bradley Birkenfeld
Brad is widely recognized as the most significant financial whistleblower in history and the author of the worldwide best seller Lucifer’s Banker Uncensored: The Untold Story of How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy (www.lucifersbanker.com). As an international private banker he exposed how UBS, the world’s largest bank, helped ultra-wealthy Americans (and other foreign national clients) commit billions in tax fraud. His bombshell revelations cracked the impenetrable fortress of Swiss banks, proving that offshore financial institutions systematically aided clients’ tax evasion, corruption and terrorist activities. Brad’s historic whistleblowing triggered monumental changes in banking laws, the federal tax code and international tax treaties.
