Tax Payer Billions Spent On Victimless Crimes: DOJ, FBI, Prisons, Welfare, Trump
White collar crime is not a new idea. The term was first coined in the late 1930s when Edwin Sutherland addressed the American Sociological Society. The definition of white collar crime is not strict or fixed, but More...
How Magento Faces Ecommerce Fraud Problems
A growing concern of online fraudulent behavior has cost a number of businesses a huge amount of money. According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) in the Global Fraud Study 2014, organizations More...
Tax return drama: Who committed the felony of releasing Trump’s return, Rand Paul attacks Bernie Sanders
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) talked with Bill Hemmer this morning about the release by MSNBC of a few pages of President Trump’s 2005 tax return. The tax documents showed Trump made $153 million in 2005 and paid More...
Donald Trump jokes about not paying taxes, ‘It makes me smart’
During the first presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, moderator Lester Holt was unrelenting on Donald Trump not releasing his tax return and the result was Trump bragging that not paying taxes “makes More...
Hillary Clinton ad, Democrats, Florida’s Bob Graham call on Donald Trump to release his tax returns
Democratic allies are stepping up their battle with Donald Trump over his tax returns, launching a new attack ad blasting the Republican nominee for not releasing the documents while pushing a pointed piece of legislation More...
Clinton Foundation amends almost 1,000 tax documents to prove critics right about foreign donations
The Clinton Foundation announced late Monday that it had amended nearly 1,000 tax documents from four years to correct errors in the reporting of donations from foreign governments, particularly during the tenure More...
Russia blamed for IRS ‘hack’ as details emerge
The Internal Revenue Service reportedly believes that the recent major cyber breach which allowed criminals to steal the tax returns of more than 100,000 people originated in Russia, Rep. Peter Roskam confirmed More...
New Obamacare ‘snafu’ results in 800K ‘messed up’ tax returns
HHS Officials are trying to fix a problem which reportedly effected 800,000 Americans who have health insurance through Obamacare. CBS says the figure is over 1 million in their report which calls it a “snafu.” The More...
Kentucky kills tax benefits for Ken Ham, Noah’s Ark project
Kentucky officials officially withdrew a state tax incentive package for a Christian nonprofit building a replica of Noah’s ark, claiming the rebate violated the principle of church-state separation. Answers More...
Former Florida Mayor Julio Robaina and wife avoid jail, cost taxpayers millions
Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife, Raiza may have avoided a conviction of tax evasion, but taxpayers may have lost $800 million according to the new Miami Herald article. The post notes Robaina made More...
IRS inspector: $13 billion or more in Earned Income Tax Credit fraud went to 25% of recipients
The Internal Revenue Service paid more than $13 billion in tax credits last year to people who may not have qualified, a government investigator said Tuesday. photo by photoSteve101 via Flickr The agency’s inspector More...
New IRS phone scam nets $1 million from thousands of ‘unsuspecting’ people
It will be no surprise that there’s a new IRS scam, but federal authorities stated on Thursday that the nationwide phone scam has already stolen $1 million from thousands of unsuspecting people. Move over More...
Florida postal carrier, Orville Hylton, arrested for selling IRS checks, judge sentences Rodney McCray
A Florida mail carrier has been arrested by federal authorities in connection to tax refund check fraud, just days after the IRS reported a massive spike in fraud last year. Orville Dwight Hylton, age 40, was charged More...
Florida’s Rashia Wilson noted in IRS report of identity theft which rose 66%
A new IRS report noted the thousands of criminal investigations into identity theft from tax returns and more specifically, made mention of the Florida case which garnered national attention. According to the new More...
This Day in History: Richard Nixon refuses to handover Watergate tapes and documents
Forty years ago one of the greatest scandals in American history took a dreaded turn for the worse as President Nixon refused to comply with a Senate subpoena for the Watergate tapes and documents. President Nixon More...
US government working with Switzerland to target tax shelters and cheaters
The US government and Switzerland have reached an agreement that could expose Americans who have used Swiss banks to avoid paying taxes. The agreement Wednesday will allow Swiss banks to settle any potential US More...
Obamacare navigators to handle social security numbers, information, but no background check required
Obamacare navigators to handle social security numbers, information, but no background check required Will Obamacare open up more citizens to a new wave of identity theft or fraud? Identity thieves may come in the More...
‘First Lady of Tax Fraud’ Rashia Wilson sentenced to 21 years in prison
The self-proclaimed ‘First Lady’ of tax fraud from Tampa has been sentenced to 21 years in prison after being arrested as part of Operation Rainmaker back in September. Wilson, also called the ‘Queen of Tax More...
IRS issues $46 million refund to thousands of ‘unauthorized workers’ at Atlanta address
the Internal Revenue Service sent a total of $46,378,040 in refunds to “unauthorized” workers at one address in Atlanta, Ga., according to a report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Brought More...
IRS spend $50 million in 2 years on employee conferences, staying in expensive rooms and paying huge speaking fees
A government watchdog has found that the Internal Revenue Service spent about $50 million to hold about 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012, according to a House committee. That total included $4 More...
