IRS Collection Calls Now May be Real
For years the IRS has warned taxpayers about the tax scam calls in which scammers pretend to be from the IRS and threaten the taxpayer with wage garnishment or imprisonment unless they pay that day by getting prepaid cards or depositing cash into bogus bank accounts. But the IRS made major revisions to the IRS […]
IRS Employee Turned Thief is Indicted
An employee at the IRS office in Atlanta, GA, Stephanie Parker was indicted on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Parker has access to taxpayer’s personal information, including social security numbers and dates of birth. It’s alleged that between September 2012 and April 2013, she used this information to file fraudulent tax returns […]
‘Soup Nazi’ Tells the IRS, “No Taxes for You!â€
Robert Bertrand of NY, CFO of the Soupman, Inc, which holds the licenses to the name and recipes of the “Soup Nazi†made famous by the TV show “Seinfeldâ€, was indicted on 20 counts of failure to pay Medicare, Social Security, and federal income taxes. Prosecutors allege that between 2010 and 2014, Bertrand paid his […]