Archive for IRS Employees Engage In Tax Refund Identity Fraud

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 @ 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,…