Archive for 2019 CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OF IRS EMPLOYEES
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…
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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…
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Temporary IRS Employee Sentenced for Theft of Federal Tax Remittances
Temporary IRS Employee Sentenced for Theft of Federal Tax Remittances https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/oi_highlights.shtml CFEG reports that on April 5, 2019, in a federal district court in the Western District of North Carolina, an IRS temporary employee was sentenced to one count of theft of Government property. She was previously indicted on eight…
Former IRS Employee Convicted of Tax Evasion
A federal jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, yesterday convicted Craig P. Orrock, a former attorney and former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee, of tax evasion and obstructing the internal revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Nicholas A….
IRS Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Theft of Government Property
CFEG reports that on January 31, 2019, in a federal district court in the Central District of California, an IRS supervisor pled guilty to two counts of theft of Government property. The employee was initially indicted for the offenses and arrested by special agents of the Treasury Inspector General for…
