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Prisoner Tax Refund Fraud
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Final Report issued on September 25, 2014 Highlights of Reference Number: 2014-40-091 to the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner for the Wage and Investment Division. Delays Continue in Completing Agreements to Share Information With Prisons, and Reports to Congress Are Not Timely or Complete IMPACT ON…
University Of South Dakota Athletes Ran Tax-Fraud Scheme, Made $400,000
By Regina Garcia Cano SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — He wore a hoodie and a stocking cap as he made multiple trips to an ATM on a warm day in April 2012, cutting a suspicious enough figure that a concerned citizen tipped off police in the college town. Using surveillance…
Prisoners get millions from IRS in bogus refund claims, watchdog finds
Published November 29, 2014 FoxNews.com Hundreds of thousands of prisoners are filing phony tax refund claims and the IRS is not doing enough to quash the problem, according to a watchdog report. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) said in its report Tuesday that refund fraud associated with…
Prisoner Tax Refund Fraud
September 25, 2014 Delays continue in completing agreements to share information with prisons, and reports to congress are not timely or complete Reference Number: 2014-40-091 IMPACT ON TAXPAYERS Refund fraud associated with prisoner Social Security Numbers remains a significant problem for tax administration. The number of fraudulent tax returns filed…
Hollywood Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years for Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Case Involving Theft of More Than 5,000 Identities
U.S. Attorney’s Office October 22, 2014 Southern District of Florida (313) 226-9100 Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service,…
5 Indicted in Tax Refund Scheme
News Release: Dept. of Justice October 15, 2014 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Five defendants have been charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with the filing of false income tax returns. The 21-count indictment, unsealed today, also charges substantive counts of wire fraud, theft of government funds, and aggravated…
