Archive for Criminal Convictions of IRS Employees for 2018

Friday, March 1st, 2019 @ 5:26PM

10 Former IRS Employees Sentenced in Kansas City for Theft of Government Property

CFEG reports that ten former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees were sentenced in a federal district court in the Western District of Missouri between January 26, 2015, and January 28, 2015, for the theft of Government property stemming from unemployment benefits fraud. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/oi_highlights_2015.shtml The 10 former IRS employees, were indicted on…

Thursday, February 28th, 2019 @ 3:32AM

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…

Thursday, February 28th, 2019 @ 3:31AM

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…

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 @ 4:40AM

Former IRS Employee Sentenced for Stealing Taxpayer’s Identity on May 11, 2018

CFEG reports that on May 11, 2018, in a federal district court in the Western District of Arkansas, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee was sentenced and remanded to custody for aggravated identity theft and false representation of a Social Security Number (SSN). The IRS employee had been indicted…

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 @ 4:38AM

Former IRS Employee Sentenced to Prison for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns on April 16, 2018 

CFEG reports that on April 16, 2018, in a federal district court in the Western District of Missouri, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee was sentenced for filing false tax returns. She was initially charged with this offense, plus aggravated identity theft, in January 2017, in a 15-count indictment….

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…