The US Busts a Huge Fraud Ring
After a three-year investigation, the Department of Justice arrested 56 people in the US, and five call centers in India, accused of running a phony IRS phone call scheme. The case involves over 15,000 victims and more than $300 million in stolen money. Starting in 2013, the scammers initially used the “Grandma scamâ€, calling or […]
Vineland Tax Preparer Indicted for Preparing Fraudulent Tax Returns
The owner and operator of Grant Tax Service, a tax preparation business located in Vineland, N.J., has been indicted by a federal grand jury on eighteen counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns and five counts of filing false income tax returns. According to the indictment: Wilford Grant, a resident […]
Home Health Care Co. Owner is Sick over Indictment
Las Vegas resident Maria Larkin, who owned and operated Five Star Home Health Care Inc. was indicted for attempted tax evasion. From 2004 to 2009, Larkin failed to pay the Income, Medicare and Social Security taxes that were to be withheld from employee’s wages, otherwise known as the “trust fund taxâ€. If an employer doesn’t […]