Case Study: Eastport Analytics identifies 1,000+ offshore tax-evasion accounts faster with TIBCO Software (Spotfire)

TIBCO Spotfire Helps Eastport Analytics and the Internal Revenue Service Combat Tax Evasion Schemes

Eastport Analytics, a Virginia-based analytical solutions firm, partnered with the IRS Offshore Credit Card Program to tackle a 12 million‑record dataset of offshore credit card transactions. The challenge was to create a transparent, repeatable analyst‑driven process that could quickly surface the most likely tax evasion cases and provide robust, admissible evidence for prosecution—something prior methods took weeks to produce and sometimes lacked.

Eastport implemented TIBCO Spotfire for visual, interactive analytics and built about 40 Spotfire guides integrated into a digital case‑folder workflow, letting analysts rapidly narrow and export suspect accounts. The approach produced 1,000 qualified audit candidates for the IRS, cut analysis time from 2–3 weeks to 3–5 days, strengthened prosecutable cases with higher‑quality data, and helped identify thousands of additional suspicious cardholders.

Eastport Analytics

Jonathan Adams

Principal