from Mr. Ubl, who campaigned for Grayson in 2008, Grayson’s senior partner Victor Kubli, a convicted felon, is also named in the complaint. “I have fought fraud in the federal sector and military industrial complex for over 20 years. Alan Grayson as my lead council was more corrupt than the contractors I have litigated,” Mr. Ubl said. The press release release continues:
Grayson and Kubli asserted legal fees that were over twice as much as the U.S. Department of Justice deemed reasonable. Grayson charged at a $700 hourly rate when the maximum amount allowed by the Laffey Matrix was $495 per hour. The Laffey Matrix is an index that sets the allowable rates for attorneys in the DC Metro and Baltimore. The inflated rates were coupled with hours that in many instances were simply not available to be charged because Grayson was in full swing with his 2008 congressional campaign and two other time demanding cases.
The complaint was filed under the IRS whistleblower program and entitles Ubl to compensation if Grayson and Kubli are found guilty. The IRS whistleblower program has been under fire for slow processing times and a lack of accountability to the person filing the complaint and to the public at large. Recent changes to the program have resulted in a streamlining and effectiveness that is starting to show big results such as the billions recovered from the UBS tax evasion scheme. The complaint details how $2.1 million represents unallowable tax deductions for the period that Ubl was represented by Grayson and Kubli. Ubl contends that the inflated legal fees were a major issue of contention with the DOJ and was a key reason why a signed $8.9 million dollar settlement was nullified and not enforced. The $8.9 million settlement represented recovered fraud dollars due back to the American taxpayer.
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