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Government Accountability Office: Identity Theft
Additional Actions Could Help IRS Combat the Large, Evolving Threat of Refund Fraud Committee For Efficient Government reports that the latest figures on estimates of the amount of money the IRS paid in fraudulent identity theft refunds is contained in a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released on September 22,…
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…
