The IRS-agent description

Fintech Confidential · March 24, 2026 · Publisher’s wording

In the headline

Crypto Tax Secrets From an IRS Agent Who Audited 14 Platforms

In the main introduction

The article asserts federal-agency experience, including the IRS itself.

In the guest biography

The credential given is IRS Enrolled Agent.

Inspect the headline, introduction and guest biography · Source notes

View the supplied screenshot of the podcast headline beside the credential comparison.[S04]

The Flaunt feature

Screenshot of Flaunt’s Janna Scott | Common Knowledge article, showing the magazine heading, financial-literacy introduction and accompanying portrait.
Workhouse CEO Adam Nelson shared this Flaunt profile on LinkedIn and invited media inquiries. The feature is shown as published. Vendors sell Flaunt placements that include writing and customer approval; the terms for this particular article are a question for the publisher and publicist.[S15][S24][S16]Flaunt article · LinkedIn promotion · Full-size screenshot

The screenshot shows Flaunt’s article presentation. The excerpts and document locators below direct readers to the other sources used in the reporting.

Exhibit 01 · Media account

The credential discrepancy

Headline and guest biography

Compare the title and introduction’s IRS-employment description with the guest biography’s enrolled-agent credential. Ask who supplied and approved the stronger wording.

Open original source ↗ [S01]

Read the accompanying article

Exhibit 02 · Public PR post

The publicist amplifying the Flaunt profile

Main LinkedIn post; article link; closing media invitation

Nelson shares the feature and invites media inquiries through Workhouse. DeFi Tax’s launch release also names him as press contact.[S24][S03]

Open the original LinkedIn post ↗

Read the publicity investigation

Exhibit 03 · Court filing

The transaction described in litigation

Paragraphs 4–5, 7–12, 33–34 and 43

The Delaware plaintiffs describe their own transaction model and allege CAP copied it. These passages contain their account of the disputed offering.

Open original source ↗ [S05]

Read the accompanying article

Exhibit 04 · Company statement

Giving Amplified’s contribution claim

Homepage opening and program explanation

The program promotes a billion-dollar contribution value. The accounting article asks how that figure relates to donor payments, issued credits and completed redemptions.

Open original source ↗ [S09]

Read the accompanying article

Exhibit 05 · Company statement

A supplier’s commercialization conditions

Product disclaimer near the footer

Compare LuminusMicro’s product conditions with its campaign listing. The credit’s contract should say what the recipient can obtain and when.

Open original source ↗ [S13]

Read the accompanying article

Exhibit 06 · Vendor offer

The market for profile placement

Advertised price and client-approval process

Imperium describes a paid service that includes customer approval of the article. Scott’s profile has its own commissioning history, which the publisher and publicist should explain.

Open original source ↗ [S16]

Read the accompanying article

The dated federal-claim publications

Read the April 23, 2025 company release, the January 12, 2026 profile and the January 26 launch announcement in that order. The chronology identifies the statement and speaker in each, then links the March podcast employment description.[S28][S29][S03][S01]

The audit-protection offer and software agreement

The pricing page’s add-on condition and sections 4, 9 and 11 of the software agreement are the relevant passages for support, advice and liability. The agreement’s opening identifies CTS W3F LLC. Read the comparison.[S14][S30][S31]

The participant account and the coalition’s roster

The Reddit original post describes an alleged acceptance problem in a 2025 gift-card transaction. The separate launch announcement supplies Giving Amplified’s participant list. Read them as different source types. Read the recipient-acceptance section.[S32][S08]

Sources for this article

  1. S01 Fintech Confidential: published federal-experience claims and credential wordingHeadline; TLDR; main introduction; About The Guest · Source notes
  2. S04 Fintech Confidential interview and published transcript30:12–30:58; 50:47–51:04; 58:08–58:17 in the published transcript · Source notes
  3. S15 Flaunt profile of ScottProfile and visible article presentation · Source notes
  4. S24 Adam Nelson’s LinkedIn promotion of the Flaunt profileMain post; Flaunt link; closing Workhouse media contact · Source notes
  5. S16 Imperium offer for Flaunt placementAdvertised price and approval process · Source notes
  6. S03 DeFi Tax launch releaseOpening; research claims; media contact · Source notes
  7. S05 Delaware first amended verified complaint2025-1462-MTZ; paragraphs 4–5, 7–12, 33–34, 43 · Source notes
  8. S09 Giving Amplified homepageOpening claim; program explanation · Source notes
  9. S13 LuminusMicro commercialization noticeProduct disclaimer and commercialization statement · Source notes
  10. S28 DeFi Tax’s April 23, 2025 research releaseParagraph beginning “She adds”; agency meetings and audit claims · Source notes
  11. S29 LA Weekly: Cracks in Crypto’s Tax SystemThe Architecture of Error; paragraph beginning “Scott brought her findings” · Source notes
  12. S14 DeFi Tax public subscription pricesAnnual tiers; optional add-ons; purchase-before-audit condition · Source notes
  13. S30 DeFi Tax software subscription agreementOpening; sections 2, 4, 9 and 11 · Source notes
  14. S31 DeFi Tax website terms and conditionsSection 1: parties and scope of the website agreement · Source notes
  15. S32 Participant account concerning ParkHill, N.E. Solutions, Neural Earth and SETIOriginal post: “What happened in my case” · Source notes
  16. S08 Giving Amplified launch account reproduced by DNA VibeOpening; founder descriptions; attributed nonprofit comments · Source notes