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Six Defendants Charged in Extensive Tax Refund and Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands of Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information
Six Defendants Charged in Extensive Tax Refund and Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands of Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information U.S. Attorney’s Office August 12, 2015 Southern District of Florida (305) 961-9001 Six defendants were indicted on charges stemming from their participation in an extensive tax refund and identity theft fraud…
Former Miami Dade College Student Sentenced for His Involvement in a Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Financial Services Account
Former Miami Dade College Student Sentenced for His Involvement in a Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Financial Services Account U.S. Attorney’s Office October 19, 2015 Southern District of Florida (305) 961-9001 A former Miami Dade College (MDC) student was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three…
HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET UNITED STATES SENATE “Identity Theft”
TESTIMONY OF THE HONORABLE J. RUSSELL GEORGE TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION before the COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET UNITED STATES SENATE “Identity Theft” August 26, 2015 Senator Ayotte, thank you for hosting this hearing and the opportunity to provide testimony on the important subject of identity theft and its…
Former IRS Employee and Three Others Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud
Former IRS Employee and Three Others Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office July 17, 2015 Northern District of Florida (850) 942-8430 PENSACOLA, FL—Four Pensacola residents, including a former IRS tax examiner, have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to file false claims for payment in connection with…
IRS Increases Efforts to Prevent Identity Theft and Fraud
IRS Increases Efforts to Prevent Identity Theft and Fraud Patricia Cohen Thursday, 11 Jun 2015 | 5:41 PM ET The New York Times Reeling from an online attack that allowed criminals to steal personal information and divert tax refunds from tens of thousands of taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service announced…
IRS to fight fraud and identity theft with help from tax-prep firms
by Mariella Moon | @mariella_moon | June 12th 2015 at 10:37 am The IRS has just revealed a collaboration with various tax-preparation firms and software companies such as Intuit that aims to prevent refund fraud. It will introduce new safeguards to authenticate a person’s identity, including monitoring and flagging repetitive…
IRS Announces Collaboration to Fight Identity Theft Tax-Refund Fraud
by Jason Bramwell on Jun 11 2015 A new collaboration between the IRS and tax-preparation and software companies, payroll and tax financial product processors, and state tax administrators was announced on June 11 in an effort to combat the recent surge in identity theft tax-refund fraud. The agreement includes identifying…
104,000 Taxpayers’ Personal Info Stolen from IRS Website
The Associated Press May 27th 2015 8:20AM By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER WASHINGTON — More than 100,000 taxpayers have had their personal tax information stolen from an IRS website as part of an elaborate scheme to claim fraudulent tax refunds. The information was stolen from an online system called "Get Transcript," where…
Miami Dade College Student Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Student Financial Services Accounts
U.S. Attorney’s Office April 13, 2015 • Southern District of Florida (313) 226-9100 A Miami Dade College student was sentenced to 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $29,289, for his participation in a stolen identity…
42 Charged in South Florida’s ID Theft ‘Epidemic,’ Officials Say
By Paula McMahon Sun Sentinel South Florida identity thieves are still using stolen identities to file fraudulent federal income tax returns and obtain lines of credit, but they’re also getting more creative, federal and state authorities said Thursday. Offenders are now using victims’ stolen personal information to rip off unemployment…
Two PB Men Convicted of $700,000 ID Theft, Fraud
By Paula McMahon Sun Sentinel April 10, 2015 5:48 p.m. Two Palm Beach County men have been convicted of taking part in an identity theft conspiracy involving more than 1,000 fraudulent income tax returns, yielding about $700,000 in refunds, federal prosecutors announced Friday. Lukner Blanc, 31, of Royal Palm Beach, and…
Three Individuals Plead Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
U.S. Attorney’s Office March 20, 2015 • Southern District of Florida (313) 226-9100 Three individuals, including a former employee of the U.S. Postal Service, have pled guilty based on their participation in an identity theft tax refund fraud scheme. Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida,…
