Paul A. Cimino v. International Business Machin

  1. March 02, 2023

    Ex-IBM Worker Drops $265M Whistleblower Suit Over IRS Deal

    A former IBM employee who accused the software giant of tricking the IRS into buying $265 million of its products dropped his case after a decade of litigation aimed at whistleblowing, according to documents filed in D.C. federal court.

  2. July 06, 2021

    DC Circ. Revives IBM Whistleblower Suit Over $265M Deal

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday revived some claims in a former IBM employee's suit that alleged the company unlawfully coerced the Internal Revenue Service into a $265 million software deal.

  3. June 17, 2020

    Don't Let IBM Off After Coercing IRS, Ex-Worker Tells DC Circ.

    A former IBM employee who contends the company fraudulently induced the IRS into a $265 million software deal has told the D.C. Circuit it shouldn't let IBM off the hook by dismissing his whistleblower case.

  4. May 13, 2020

    IBM Didn't Coerce IRS Into $265M Contract, DC Circ. Told

    There is no evidence IBM coerced the IRS into a $265 million deal after auditing the agency's use of its software, the company's attorneys told the D.C. Circuit, arguing a lower court correctly dismissed a former employee's False Claims Act lawsuit.

  5. March 19, 2020

    Feds Tell DC Circ. IBM $265M Fraud Suit Wrongly Tossed

    The federal government has pressed the D.C. Circuit to overturn a lower court's "erroneous" decision to throw out a whistleblower's claims that IBM Corp. fabricated audit results to mislead the IRS into signing a $265 million software deal.

  6. March 12, 2020

    Whistleblower Urges DC Circ. To Revive IBM $265M Fraud Suit

    A whistleblower suit clearly shows that IBM fabricated audit results to mislead the IRS into signing a $265 million software deal and justifies reversing the suit's dismissal by a lower court, the whistleblower has told the D.C. Circuit.