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A Case of Tax Fraud—at the IRS
Agents backdated documents to punish legal deductions. By the Editorial Board, Sept. 29, 2023 | From: The Wall Street Journal The Internal Revenue Service makes clear that taxpayers who willfully conceal or alter tax documents risk severe penalties. But what happens when government auditors are caught manipulating documents and hiding…
Former IRS Employee Charged with Tax Fraud
A federal grand jury in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, returned an indictment in July, which was unsealed yesterday, charging a South Carolina man with tax evasion and attempting to obstruct an IRS civil audit and an IRS criminal investigation. According to the indictment, Wayne M. Garvin, currently of Columbia, South Carolina, and…
IRS Employee Charged With Unlawful Disclosure Of Suspicious Activity Reports
Analyst Provided Information to a Los Angeles Attorney and a New York Reporter SAN FRANCISCO – A federal criminal complaint, filed on February 4, 2019, was unsealed in San Francisco today, charging John C. Fry with unlawful disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and…
IRS employee charged with tax fraud
MEMPHIS, TN — Linda Williams of Memphis, Tennessee, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax examiner, was indicted for defrauding the IRS by filing false tax returns for various taxpayers in the Memphis area. Williams claimed over $500,000 in false deductions for these citizens. Many of these citizens were unaware of the…
24 Current And Former IRS Employees Indicted For Benefits Fraud
Memphis, TN – United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton III and Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced today that 24 current and former employees of the Internal Revenue Service have been charged for crimes relating to fraudulently obtaining more than $250,000 in government benefits. Thirteen of the current…
IRS Employee Charged in $1 Million ID Theft Tax Fraud Scheme
BIRMINGHAM — Federal officials today announced arrests and charges in a stolen identity tax-refund scheme believed to involve more than $1 million in false claims and run by an IRS employee who was supposed to be assisting taxpayers experiencing problems resulting from identity theft. A federal grand jury earlier this…
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