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Former Department of Justice Attorney Pleads Guilty To Obstruction Of Justice and Interstate Transportation Of Stolen Property
CFEG reports that United States Attorney, Brian J. Stretch, announced that on November 29, 2017, a former Department of Justice attorney pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of transportation of stolen property in a federal district court in the Northern District of California. https://oig.justice.gov/press/2017/2017-11-29.pdf…
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Return Preparer Indicted for Scheme to Receive False Tax Refunds
CFEG reports that on October 1, 2019, in a federal district court in the Southern District of Texas, an IRS volunteer income tax return preparer was charged in an 18-count indictment with making false statements on an income tax return, theft of Government money, and aggravated identity theft. The volunteer…
IRS Employee Charged in Connection with Misusing Victim Identities to Commit Credit Card Fraud
CFEG reports that on October 2, 2019, in a federal district court in the Eastern District of Virginia, an IRS employee was charged with access device fraud. This IRS employee was subsequently arrested by special agents of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) on October 3, 2019. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/oi_highlights.shtml…
IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to Soliciting and Receiving Bribe
CFEG reports that on July 24, 2019, in a federal district court in the Central District of California, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pled guilty to soliciting and receiving a bribe in her capacity as a public official. Special agents of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration previously arrested…
Temporary IRS Employee Sentenced for Theft of Federal Tax Remittances
CFEG reports that on April 5, 2019, in the Western District of North Carolina, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) temporary employee was sentenced to one count of theft of Government property. She was previously indicted on eight counts of the offense in March, 2018, and pled guilty to one count…
Former IRS Employee Sentenced for Making False Statements
CFEG reports that on July 15, 2019, in a federal district court in the Eastern District of Kentucky, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee was sentenced for making false statements. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/oi_highlights.shtml According to court documents, this former IRS employee was employed as an IRS revenue officer between July 2014…
IRS Employee Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud and Theft of Government Property
CFEG reports that on October 7, 2019, in a federal district court in the Middle District of Tennessee, an IRS employee pled guilty to wire fraud and theft of Government property. She had previously been charged with the offenses on March 6, 2019, in a scheme to fraudulently obtain paid…
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
Improvements Are Needed to Ensure That Consistent Suitability Checks Are Performed for Participation in Internal Revenue Service Programs November 21, 2019 CFEG reports on a new Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) report which finds that the IRS needs to ensure that suitability checks are performed on applicants…
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
Billions of Dollars of Potentially Erroneous Carryforward Claims Are Still Not Being Addressed August 28, 2019 CFEG reports that on August 28, 2019 the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report on billions of dollars of potentially erroneous carryforward claims not being addressed by the IRS….
IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to the Unauthorized Disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports
CFEG reports that on August 14, 2019, in a federal district court in the Northern District of California, an IRS employee pled guilty to the unauthorized disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). He was previously indicted for the offense in February 2019. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/oi_highlights.shtml According to court documents, the IRS employee…
Employee Conduct Issues Are Not Considered When Prioritizing Overdue Background Reinvestigations
CFEG reports that on November 6, 2019 the Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report on employee conduct issues which are not considered when prioritizing overdue background reinvestigations. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2020reports/202010002fr.pdf TIGTA reported that in 2009 the President issued an Executive Order (13488) requiring employees in moderate-risk positions…
Former IRS Employee Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion Evaded Payment of over Half a Million Dollars in Taxes
former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee and former attorney was sentenced yesterday to 32 months in prison in Las Vegas, Nevada, for tax evasion and obstructing the IRS, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Nicholas Trutanich for the…
