03/19/2010 - 18:03 - 225 reads
Two IRS employees in Covingont, KY were charged in a 29-count indictment for stealing thousands of dollars in money orders.
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03/16/2010 - 10:05 - 433 reads -
Sherry Lynn Vertoch was arrested for posing as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service in order to gain free housing at a California hotel. If convicted, Vertoch could spend up to three years in prison.
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03/15/2010 - 16:41 - 666 reads
Anton R. Valukas, the U.S. bankruptcy court-appointed examiner of failed investment bank Lehman Bros., has found that the company used “materially misleading” accounting to make its balance sheet look stronger than it really was.
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03/11/2010 - 11:08 - 4434 reads -
More than half a million Citibank customers received mail from the credit card company with their Social Security number printed on the outside of the envelope.
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03/10/2010 - 17:27 - 918 reads
Bowing to pressure from Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, Charles Rangel, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, agreed to step down “temporarily.”
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03/10/2010 - 12:16 - 951 reads
Massachusetts Tax Attorney Kevin Kilduff has been barred from practicing before the Internal Revenue Service for 48 months for failing to file a federal tax return, and for filing another five returns late.
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03/04/2010 - 11:58 - 1396 reads
In Washington, D.C., Nick Cho is a local celebrity – at least among the coffee-loving crowd. He was the owner of a popular Capitol Hill hangout called Murky Coffee. Unfortunately for Cho, he’s been gaining fame for a less stimulating reason.
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03/01/2010 - 16:45 - 1627 reads -
Florida’s North Bay Village mayor allegedly hasn’t made a mortgage payment in nearly two years, lives in a house on which he had built an illegal second story, and owes the Internal Revenue Service more than $200,000 in back taxes.
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03/01/2010 - 16:03 - 2195 reads -
A few weeks ago Terry Hoskins had a 3,088-square-foot brick house that he and his wife had occupied since 1991. It was valued at more than $350,000 and he owed the bank about $160,000. Now the house is a pile of rubble.
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03/01/2010 - 12:43 - 2165 reads -
At least 50 detainees at the Stock Island Detention Center near Key West, Florida, figured out how to scam the Internal Revenue Service out of $100,000 in bogus tax refunds.
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03/01/2010 - 11:00 - 1270 reads
Rapper Snoop Dogg, nee Calvin Broadus, is in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service again. On January 19, the IRS filed a lien with the Los Angeles County Recorder of Deeds against Snoop Dogg and his wife, Shante.
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02/18/2010 - 13:45 - 2197 reads
He's not a national celebrity himself, but celebrities like Maya Angelou, Mary Tyler Moore, and Britain's former princess Sarah Fergusson depend on him for their beauty. Now, Teddie Kossof is getting some media attention he'd like to avoid.
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02/17/2010 - 11:33 - 3232 reads -
A prominent Sacramento CPA has been accused of stealing more than $13.3 million from his clients, according to reports.
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02/11/2010 - 01:26 - 4150 reads
Ten months ago the IRS slapped a lien on California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for nearly $80,000. Now after paying only $20.50, the debt is cleared. How did that happen?
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01/27/2010 - 11:35 - 2113 reads
Organizations collecting contributions for Haiti are popping up everywhere, and as always, so are the scams that misuse those donations. That's why Yele Haiti, a not-for-profit group founded by Haitian musician Wyclef Jean is finding itself under scrutiny.
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01/21/2010 - 14:19 - 2403 reads
Some celebrities end up in the news whenever they make a new movie or sign a great deal. Others would probably prefer to stay out of the news as their personal lives are strewn across the headlines.
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01/21/2010 - 08:43 - 1459 reads
Dennis G. Sartain of Hilliard, Ohio; and Bonnie Helt, of Columbus, Ohio, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mortgage fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
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01/21/2010 - 00:27 - 1909 reads
It's one thing to hate income tax. It's another thing to express yourself with a cache of homemade bombs, assault rifles, and deadly booby-traps.
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01/19/2010 - 23:03 - 3589 reads
The news for comedian Sinbad seems to grow worse every day. So far, he owes the state of California $2.5 million, and his growing total debt to the federal government now stands at $8.15 million. Meanwhile, a famous author and mistress has lost her home and faces a large tax debt.
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12/30/2009 - 12:46 - 5028 reads
Television and movie stars, politicians, athletes, musicians - it seems that no one is above the law, particularly when there are taxes involved. Here is a recap of those notables who faced off with the IRS in 2009.
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