Archive for February, 2019
IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Involving Unauthorized Disclosure of IRS Records
The Inspector General for Tax Administration reported that on July 19, 2016, in a federal district court in the Western District of Tennessee, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee pled guilty to conspiracy to commit identity theft and unauthorized disclosure of information. A criminal information was filed on the same…
IRS Employee Sentenced for Identity Theft in Connection with Audit
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reported that on August 3, 2016, in a federal district court in the Northern District of Georgia, an IRS employee was sentenced, after she pled guilty to aggravated identity theft in connection with a fraudulent scheme on May 10, 2016. She had…
Two IRS Employees Plead Guilty to the Theft of Government Money
On September 29, 2016, in a federal district court in the District of Nebraska, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee pled guilty to the theft of Government money. He was indicted for the offense in February 2016. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/oi_highlights_2016.shtml According to the court documents, between July 2013 and September 2015, the IRS employee knowingly stole or converted…
Contract IRS Employee Indicted For Theft of Federal Tax Remittances
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) was established under the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to provide independent oversight of IRS activities. Through its investigative programs, TIGTA addresses threats arising from lapses in IRS employee integrity, violence directed against the IRS, and external…
Former IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS on November 8, 2018
CFEG reports that on November 8, 2018, in a federal district court in the Middle District of Florida, former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and making and subscribing to a false tax return. A former employee was initially charged with the…
Internal Revenue Service Employees Made Questionable Claims for the Homebuyer Credit
To qualify as a first-time homebuyer, a taxpayer (or a taxpayer’s spouse) may not have previously owned a principal residence for three years prior to the purchase date of the home for which the Homebuyer Credit is claimed. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2010reports/201041069fr.pdf TIGTA reported that it developed computer programs to identify IRS employees…
