D.C. Tax Workers Charged In Scam
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Two mid-level D.C. government employees used phony paperwork to collect more than $16 million from illegal tax refunds, avoiding detection for at least three years while issuing more than 40 checks cashed by friends and family members in on the scam, prosecutors said yesterday.
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E-Mail sob stories that turn out to be scams could bring jail terms for trio who coaxed $1.2 million from victims.
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Federal authorities think that nearly $50 million was stolen in an embezzlement scheme run out of the D.C. tax office, more than double the amount they had previously uncovered, four sources close to the investigation said.
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The tax rebate checks promised by the proposed economic stimulus package have yet to be approved by Congress, but that hasn't stopped scam artists from using public anticipation of the extra cash to con people into giving out personal and financial information, the Internal Revenue Service warned...
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Five D.C. residents who say they were tricked into signing away their homes have reached out-of-court settlements that enabled them to regain ownership and a total of $455,000.
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OTTAWA -- About 8,000 employees of the federal tax agency walked off the job yesterday in Ontario and BC, including 280 in London, leaving public phone queries unanswered and federal revenue cheques uncashed.
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Man who masterminded scam to charge people thousands of pounds for American work visas is sentenced to 15 months in prison
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Fail to account for commissions in your taxes, and you'll pay unnecessarily.
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Nine employees or agents of companies that supplied products to U.S. Foodservice Inc. were charged Thursday with falsifying records that helped the company inflate earnings by more than $800 million.
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Pump-and-dump Two Texans have been charged with securities fraud and money laundering offences over a pump-and-dump email stock scam.â¦
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Nine men are charged with fraud following arrests across England and Wales in a Â£250m VAT probe.
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A Montrose couple were among six people convicted in a Seattle court Monday in connection with one of the largest fraudulent tax-shelter scams ever prosecuted.
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Employees of some of Wall Street's top  banks were among more than a dozen people charged on Thursday  in what authorities called one of the most pervasive insider  trading rings since the 1980s, accused of using leaked  information and even blackmail to make millions of dollars.
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A US court charges five people over an alleged multi-million dollar scam involving Iraq reconstruction contracts.
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If you get an e-mail telling you that you're under investigation by the IRS, take a breath before calling your lawyer. It's a scam.
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Washington area homeowners living in historic districts are rapidly taking advantage of  substantial federal income tax write-offs under obscure easement trust plan.
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The US Secret Service has arrested 28 people on charges stemming from an undercover investigation into cybercrime. Charges against the suspects include identity theft, computer fraud, credit-card fraud and consipracy.