Archive for January, 2020

Monday, January 27th, 2020 @ 2:40PM

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Return Preparer Indicted for Scheme to Receive False Tax Refunds

CFEG reports that on October 1, 2019, in a federal district court in the Southern District of Texas, an IRS volunteer income tax return preparer was charged in an 18-count indictment with making false statements on an income tax return, theft of Government money, and aggravated identity theft. The volunteer…

Monday, January 27th, 2020 @ 2:38PM

IRS Employee Charged in Connection with Misusing Victim Identities to Commit Credit Card Fraud

CFEG reports that on October 2, 2019, in a federal district court in the Eastern District of Virginia, an IRS employee was charged with access device fraud. This IRS employee was subsequently arrested by special agents of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) on October 3, 2019. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/oi_highlights.shtml…