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Other Posts in this Series Theft of police officer's identity leads to discovery or major fraud operation and 42 arrests "That Guy" Found and Sentenced Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme in Georgia 56-member crime ring apprehended by multiple agencies in Georgia Personal identification information of hospital patients and teenagers used...

Other Posts in this Series Theft of police officer's identity leads to discovery or major fraud operation and 42 arrests Florida woman uses identities of dead people to collect $1.5 million in fraudulent refunds Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme in Georgia 56-member crime ring apprehended by multiple agencies in Georgia...

Other Posts in this Series "That Guy" Found and Sentenced Florida woman uses identities of dead people to collect $1.5 million in fraudulent refunds Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme in Georgia 56-member crime ring apprehended by multiple agencies in Georgia Personal identification information of hospital patients and teenagers used to...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Steve Moskowitz, San Francisco Tax Attorney sat down with Ethan Bearman to discuss IRS and government priorities as they pertain to everyday individuals.  Steve notes: Criminal Enforcement: The IRS is involved with NON-TAX crimes. Steve noted that a recent indictment (Moskowitz LLP...

Money Laundering: The process of concealing the existence, source, or application of income, or the disguising of its source to give it the appearance of legitimacy.    My criminal law professor would hold his hands together and sensationally announce, 'today, let's talk about murder.'Well, although this case does involve a...

Usually this time of year (i.e., tax time) the Department of Justice indicts a high profile individual for some sort of tax crime.   The timing is predicable (they see it as a way to deter tax crimes of the public.   See our prior posts regarding some higher profiled...

This past November, the New York Times reported that a cooperating witness in the SAC Capital Advisors case was awaiting sentencing. That witness had provided substantial assistance with the investigation of the company and of identifying a number of individuals who would plead guilty to insider trading. It is not...

Other Posts in this Series #1: Identity Theft #2: Phone Scams #3: Phishing #4: Return Preparer Fraud #5: Hiding Money Offshore There appears to be no end to the phenomenon of abusive tax return preparers claiming refunds for which their clients do not qualify. So once again, inflated refund claims...

Other Posts in this Series #1: Identity Theft #2: Phone Scams #3: Phishing #4: Return Preparer Fraud #6: Inflated Refund Claims Ten of this year's honorees for the IRS Dirty Dozen tax scams are repeats from last year, including Hiding Money Offshore, number 5 on the 2016 list.  Our blog...

Other Posts in this Series #1: Identity Theft #2: Phone Scams #3: Phishing #5: Hiding Money Offshore #6: Inflated Refund Claims Return Preparer Fraud returns this year to the IRS Dirty Dozen list of scams to watch out for this tax season. Last year, we listed the various ways of...

Other Posts in this Series #1: Identity Theft #2: Phone Scams #4: Return Preparer Fraud #5: Hiding Money Offshore #6: Inflated Refund Claims Phishing is a type of fraud in which a scammer attempts to get their victim to divulge personal and financial information such as their social security number,...

Other Posts in this Series #1: Identity Theft #3: Phishing #4: Return Preparer Fraud #5: Hiding Money Offshore #6: Inflated Refund Claims Last month we blogged about a new law that gives the IRS the power to revoke U.S. passports and to contract with private debt collectors. In that post...

Other Posts in this Series #2: Phone Scams #3: Phishing #4: Return Preparer Fraud #5: Hiding Money Offshore #6: Inflated Refund Claims The IRS recently released its annual "Dirty Dozen" list of scams that taxpayers should look out for this tax season. There is nothing surprising on this year's list,...