August 2026 – The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a whistleblower award, completing its $4 million case against Unisys relating to a nation-state cyberattack and Unisys's response. The cyberattack that Unisys identified in its network involved a version of SolarWinds Orion software, likely carried out by a nation-state threat actor. Upon...
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White House issues a special report on tariff fraud, transshipping, and what it is costing the US
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA with ai assistance
The White House published a report that describes in detail tariff evasion related to Chinese goods imported into the United States. It relates to the country-of-origin declarations importers file with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. It concludes that the United States is being cheated...
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The White House published a report that describes in detail tariff evasion related to Chinese goods imported into the United States. It relates to the country-of-origin declarations importers file with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. It concludes that the United States is being cheated...
Tariff fraud in the China trade: Who is responsible, and why does it continue
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA with ai help
Every shipment that enters the United States comes with a story told on paper. Before a container is unloaded in Los Angeles, Newark, or Savannah, the importer files a set of documents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection: an entry summary, a commercial...
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Every shipment that enters the United States comes with a story told on paper. Before a container is unloaded in Los Angeles, Newark, or Savannah, the importer files a set of documents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection: an entry summary, a commercial...
The promise and the wire
*A story of UBS, ten billion dollars, and the second time they were caught.*
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq.MBA with help from ai Claude
There are things that happen by mistake, and there are other things which don't happen by mistake. The key is to see which one it is when the facts are...
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By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq.MBA with help from ai Claude
There are things that happen by mistake, and there are other things which don't happen by mistake. The key is to see which one it is when the facts are...
Amazing facts revealed by whistleblowers over the years
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA with help from ai.
A man learns a thing he was never meant to learn. He carries it awhile. It is heavy. Then he sets it down where all the world can see it. This is the oldest and simplest act of conscience there is, and...
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A man learns a thing he was never meant to learn. He carries it awhile. It is heavy. Then he sets it down where all the world can see it. This is the oldest and simplest act of conscience there is, and...
Blowing the whistle on tax evaders what the IRS program rewards and what it takes to win
*By Jeffrey Newman, Esq. MBA (with ai help on research)
Most people envision tax enforcement as an auditor with a green eyeshade poring over returns. But some of the biggest tax-fraud cases the government has ever cracked did not start with an audit. They started with a person...
One of Rhode Island’s most wanted fugitives was captured on his sailboat after 20 years
By Jeffrey A. Newman Esq, MBA
This is a true story, but it reads more like a novel or Hollywood movie. A former anesthesiologist disappeared in 2005 while on trial for degree sexual assault. He then spent more than two decades evading justice but is now in custody following...
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Trade fraud task force passes $1 Billion recoveries in charged losses in one year
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA
The Department of Justice announced today that the Trade Fraud Task Force (TFTF), launched in August 2025, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has surpassed $1 billion in civil and criminal recoveries, penalties, forfeitures, and publicly charged losses...
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Tariff evasion is rising, but whistleblowers are playing a key role in exposing it
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq., MBA (withj ai help)
Tariffs only work if importers actually pay them. That sounds obvious. But as U.S. duty rates have climbed, the incentive to evade them has climbed along with them. Every percentage point added to a...
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Export, Tariff, and Securities Fraud cases involving our adversaries and US companies and persons
By Jeffrey A. Newman, Esq. MBA (with some research on AI)
When the Money Trail Leads to an Adversary: An Insider's Guide to Blowing the Whistle on Export, Tariff, and Securities Fraud
I have spent enough years (45 years) around trade finance...
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I have spent enough years (45 years) around trade finance...
