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Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 10:43PM

IRS Employee Pleads Guilty in a Stolen-Identity Refund Fraud Scheme 

CFEG reports that on August 9, 2018, in a federal district court in the Northern District of Georgia, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee pled guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft for her role in a stolen-identity refund fraud scheme. She was indicted in April 2017 for…

Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 5:16PM

TESTIMONY OF TIMOTHY P. CAMUS DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR INVESTIGATIONS TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERA

TESTIMONY OF TIMOTHY P. CAMUS DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR INVESTIGATIONS TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION before the COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CFEG reports on the testimony of Timothy P. Camus, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration,…

Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 4:47PM

IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements on May 31, 2018

CFEG reports that on May 31, 2018, in a federal district court in the District of New Jersey, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee pled guilty to one count of making false representations and documents in violation of Title 18, United States Code § 1001. She was previously charged with…

Monday, February 11th, 2019 @ 2:35PM

Former IRS-CI Special Agent Found Guilty in a Scheme Designed to Defraud and Obstruct the IRS

CFEG reports that on June 15, 2018, in a federal district court in the Eastern District of California, a jury found a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Agent guilty of filing false tax returns, theft of Government funds, and obstruction of justice. She was charged with the offenses in…

Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 @ 6:14PM

“The 2016 Tax Filing Season” April 19, 2016

TESTIMONY OF TIMOTHY P. CAMUS DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR INVESTIGATIONS TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION before the COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES  “The 2016 Tax Filing Season” April 19, 2016 CFEG reports on the testimony of Timothy P. Camus, Deputy Inspector General…

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Sunday, January 13th, 2019 @ 4:34AM

IRS Negligence Destroys Your Privacy

When under the gun from IRS auditors and investigators your records are scrutinized as intensely and meticulously as possible. Yet, when it comes to the IRS’s requirements for following the rules about proper care and diligence of sensitive taxpayer information, they’re more careless than you can imagine. The IRS has…

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