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Nine Alabama Family Members Indicted for Identity Theft and Tax Fraud

05/18/2012 - 10:09 - 515 reads

Barbara Murry, Douglas Murry, Douglas Murry III, Yolanda Moses, Lee Moses, Veronica Temple, Jeffrey Temple, Almetta Johnson, and Courtney Johnson were charged in an indictment by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama on a variety of counts stemming from an identity theft and tax fraud scheme.

Tax Return Preparer Headed to Jail for Close to Eight Years

05/16/2012 - 13:51 - 775 reads

Margaret Kirksey, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced May 8 in the Middle District of Alabama to eighty-one months in federal prison for filing false tax returns using stolen identities, the Justice Department and the IRS announced.

Leaders of Multimillion Dollar Fraud Ring Get 25 Years in Prison

05/14/2012 - 14:58 - 453 reads

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Veronica Dale and Alchico Grant, who jointly ran a stolen identity refund fraud ring that attempted to defraud the United States of millions of dollars over several years, were sentenced to federal prison May 8, 2012, the Justice Department and the IRS announced.

New York Tax Return Preparer Sentenced for Tax Fraud

05/04/2012 - 11:26 - 1215 reads

New York Tax Preparer Sentenced for Tax Fraud Howard Levine, owner of a Dix Hill, New York, tax preparation business, was sentenced to thirty-seven months in prison for tax crimes, the Justice Department and IRS announced April 26, 2012. Levine was also ordered to pay $320,998 in restitution to the IRS.

Massachusetts Man in Prison for Filing False Tax Returns

05/02/2012 - 13:25 - 994 reads

Kevin P. Mahoney of Massachusetts was sentenced April 24 to sixty months in prison following trial convictions on corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue laws, filing false tax returns with the IRS, and criminal contempt of court, the Justice Department and the IRS announced.

Florida Tax Preparer Pled Guilty to Wire Fraud and Identity Theft

04/30/2012 - 13:05 - 717 reads

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Ernst Pierre, a Port St. Lucie, Florida, tax preparer, pleaded guilty on April 24, 2012, to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and IRS announced. Pierre was charged with a scheme to file false federal income tax returns using stolen identity information.

TIGTA: IRS Can Take Action to Recognize/Investigate Fraud Indicators

04/24/2012 - 14:56 - 675 reads

By better ensuring that fraud indicators are recognized and properly investigated during field audits of individual tax returns, the IRS could increase revenue by an estimated $20 million a year, according to a report publicly released today by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).

DC Return Preparer Indicted for Preparing False Tax Returns

04/20/2012 - 09:29 - 930 reads

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment charging Enyinnaya Udo with twenty-five counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns, the Justice Department and the IRS announced April 6.

Woman Used Stolen Identities and Debit Cards to Obtain Tax Refunds

04/19/2012 - 11:11 - 1021 reads

On April 17, 2012, the Justice Department, US Attorney George L. Beck Jr., and the IRS announced that federal grand jury in Montgomery returned an indictment on March 28, 2012, charging Antoinette Djonret for using stolen identities to file false tax returns.

Woman Indicted for Using Stolen Identities to File False Tax Returns

04/16/2012 - 10:43 - 611 reads

A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, returned an indictment charging Jacqueline Slaton for using stolen identities to file false tax returns, the Justice Department, US Attorney George L. Beck Jr., and the IRS announced on April 5.