Whistleblower Wins Third of Guam’s Alcohol Excise Tax Settlement

A whistleblower convinced the Ninth Circuit that he’s entitled to at least 30% of a settlement that Guam’s revenue agency made with an alcohol importer..

The Guam Department of Revenue and Taxation violated John Ryan’s due process rights when it didn’t notify him that it had settled a $2.56 million tax delinquency with Titan Imports Inc. for $600,000, the US Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in an unpublished opinion. Guam’s False Claims and Whistleblower Act’s language is “clear enough that every reasonable official would interpret it to establish” that Ryan has a protected interest in the proceeds after he ...