Tax Rebate Con-Men May Become Cons

Posted by accountingweb on Jul 31 2001 262 printer friendly

Two men have been arrested in connection with the recent tax rebate scam wherein taxpayers in several states were mailed official-looking documents that offered to compute the amount of the federal tax rebate for a fee.

The men, Russell Wayne Levine, 42, and Borden Barrows, 39, live in Boca Raton, FL, and are accused of perpetrating mail fraud through their operation of a company called the Revenue Resource Center.

If the men are found guilty, they could face charges of as much as five years in prison and $250,000 in fines.

As a bit of trivia, Bordon Barrows is the brother of Sydney Biddle Barrows, also known as the "Mayflower Madame," who operated a classy brothel in New York City during the 1980s.

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