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IRS Employee Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud and Theft of Government Property
CFEG reports that on October 7, 2019, in a federal district court in the Middle District of Tennessee, an IRS employee pled guilty to wire fraud and theft of Government property. She had previously been charged with the offenses on March 6, 2019, in a scheme to fraudulently obtain paid…
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
Improvements Are Needed to Ensure That Consistent Suitability Checks Are Performed for Participation in Internal Revenue Service Programs November 21, 2019 CFEG reports on a new Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) report which finds that the IRS needs to ensure that suitability checks are performed on applicants…
Posted under: 2019 CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OF IRS EMPLOYEES, IRS Employees Engage In Tax Refund Identity Fraud
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
Billions of Dollars of Potentially Erroneous Carryforward Claims Are Still Not Being Addressed August 28, 2019 CFEG reports that on August 28, 2019 the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report on billions of dollars of potentially erroneous carryforward claims not being addressed by the IRS….
IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to the Unauthorized Disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports
CFEG reports that on August 14, 2019, in a federal district court in the Northern District of California, an IRS employee pled guilty to the unauthorized disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). He was previously indicted for the offense in February 2019. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/oi_highlights.shtml According to court documents, the IRS employee…
Posted under: 2019 CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OF IRS EMPLOYEES, IRS ABUSE, Theft of Government Property By IRS Employees
Employee Conduct Issues Are Not Considered When Prioritizing Overdue Background Reinvestigations
CFEG reports that on November 6, 2019 the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report on employee conduct issues which are not considered when prioritizing overdue background reinvestigations. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2020reports/202010002fr.pdf TIGTA reported that in 2009 the President issued an Executive Order (13488) requiring employees in moderate-risk positions…
Posted under: IRS Agents Defraud Government And Receive Bonuses, IRS Agents Fail To File Personal Tax Returns, IRS Agents Owe Hundreds Of Millions In Upaid Taxes, IRS Employees Engage In Tax Refund Identity Fraud, IRS Employees Falsify Tax Forms, Theft of Government Property By IRS Employees
Former IRS Employee Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion Evaded Payment of over Half a Million Dollars in Taxes
former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee and former attorney was sentenced yesterday to 32 months in prison in Las Vegas, Nevada, for tax evasion and obstructing the IRS, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas Trutanich for the…
