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Comment by Overtonwindow | Hacker News Reader

I'm ashamed to admit I once worked for a nonprofit that pushes heavy doses of pseudoscience, snake oil, and well, tax fraud. The final straw was when I discovered that the entire organization was funded almost entirely by one multimillionaire who was using it to support and prop up companies he invested in.

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Is this organization still around? Have you blown the whistle on them?

If not, why not? You have information that could stop these thieves from stealing people's livelihoods.

Yes the organization is very much still around. Blowing the whistle is not as easy as it sounds. If I were to make a whistleblower claim, I would open myself up to civil suit, and risk jeopardizing my ability to get a job. I emailed a few reporters but the story isn't big enough, or interesting enough I suppose, for anyone to take it on. There are hundreds of these organizations. I just happened to work for the largest. By largest I mean millions of dollars spent, there were only 5 people working there. It's all a front.

At the very least the tax fraud should be interesting to IRS?

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/how-do-you-report-suspected-...

It absolutely should! A multimillionaire is using a nonprofit as a tax write off but also for other, completely unrelated tasks. I wish I could report them to the IRS, but I fear the nonprofit might sue me, or it may harm my ability to get a job later. I would be grateful for any advice by someone who has been down this path.

You could just contact the IRS and discuss your options with them (before filing the report), or report it anonymously.

If it involves tax evasion or fraud, you could make a call to the IRS. If they collect you even get a share

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