The CEO of global investment firm Citadel, Ken Griffin, is suing the IRS and the U.S. Dept. of Treasury, alleging his tax return information was unlawfully disclosed. Griffin’s complaint accuses the IRS of willful or grossly negligent unauthorized disclosure, arguing that IRS systems are “vulnerable to, among other things, malicious efforts by IRS employees or contractors to illicitly obtain and misappropriate confidential taxpayer information.” Griffin was among other wealthy individuals whose tax return information was revealed in a ProPublica article. ProPublica said its aim was to shed light on how the nation’s highest earners pay less in federal income taxes than average Americans.
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