Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I owe a several years of back taxes, about $43,000, but do not have the money to pay the IRS. I want to get them off my back and heard of something called an Offer in Compromise. What is it and how do I get one? Answer:  An Offer in Compromise (“OICâ€) is […]
Tobacco Farmer’s False Federally Insurance Claims Go Up in Smoke
Christopher Hickerson, a tobacco farmer in Kentucky, was found guilty of crop insurance fraud and tax fraud. From 2009 to 2016 Hickerson filed false claims of loss on his Multi-Peril Crop Insurance policies. These policies are federally sponsored and funded with taxpayer money. Hickerson got the owner of a tobacco warehouse to give him fake […]
Bookkeeper’s Numbers Don’t Add Up She Faces Jail Time and a $750K Fine
Melodie Ann Eckland pleaded guilty to defrauding her extended family and her employer, a non-profit adoption and surrogacy agency. From 2011 to 2018 Eckland, a bookkeeper, stole funds from her employer by making unauthorized wire transfers, wiring checks to herself and paying herself unauthorized bonuses. Eckland maintained two sets of agency books, one for the […]