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Government Accountability Office: Identity Theft Report
September 22, 2014 Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report IDENTITY THEFT: Additional Actions Could Help IRS Combat the Large, Evolving Threat of Refund Fraud Read full report
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
May 31, 2013 Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration Report – Review of the August 2010 Small Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, California – May 31, 2013 Read full report September 26, 2013 Case Processing Delays and Tax Account Errors Increased Hardship for Victims of Identity Theft Read full…
Examples of Identity Theft Schemes – Fiscal Year 2013
The following examples of identity theft schemes are written from public record documents on file in the court records in the judicial district in which the cases were prosecuted. Ohio Man Sentenced in Identity Theft and Tax Refund Scam On September 10, 2013, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dione Howard was sentenced…
TIGTA: Billions of Dollars in Identity-Theft-Related Tax Refund Fraud Go Undetected
A report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration – July 19, 2012 WASHINGTON — The impact of identity theft on tax administration is significantly greater than the amount the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) detects and prevents, according to a new audit report released publicly today by the Treasury…
Update on Tax Refund Fraud and Related Identity Theft
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing this Advisory to remind financial institutions of previously-published information concerning tax refund fraud and the subsequent reporting of such activity through the filing of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).1 Identity theft can be a precursor to tax refund fraud because individual income tax…
