Archive for 2016 CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OF IRS EMPLOYEES
Ogden, Utah IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Inspection of Returns or Return Information
CFEG reports that on November 17, 2016, in a federal district court in the District of Utah, Northern Division, an IRS employee pled guilty to unauthorized inspection of returns or return information. She was initially charged with the offense in July 2016. https://www.treasury.gov/tigta/oi_highlights_2017.shtml According to court documents, this IRS employee…
IRS Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Involving Unauthorized Disclosure of IRS Records
The Inspector General for Tax Administration reported that on July 19, 2016, in a federal district court in the Western District of Tennessee, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee pled guilty to conspiracy to commit identity theft and unauthorized disclosure of information. A criminal information was filed on the same…
IRS Employee Sentenced for Identity Theft in Connection with Audit
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reported that on August 3, 2016, in a federal district court in the Northern District of Georgia, an IRS employee was sentenced, after she pled guilty to aggravated identity theft in connection with a fraudulent scheme on May 10, 2016. She had…
