What the Tech: Should you protect yourself with an IRS Identity Protection PIN?
The IRS says tax fraud and scams cost Americans $5.5 billion a year. Should you set up an identity protection PIN through IRS to protect yourself?
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Alabama Resident And Ringleader Of Multi-Million Dollar Stolen Identity Tax Fraud Schemes Sentenced To Prison
Over 8,800 Identities Stolen from the U.S. Army, Alabama State Agencies and Georgia Businesses
A Phenix City, Alabama, resident was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for his role in masterminding multiple stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) schemes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. of the Middle District of Alabama. William Anthony Gosha III, a/k/a Boo Boo,…
Birmingham Restaurant Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
Federal prosecutors say the owner of pizza franchises throughout the Southeast has pleaded guilty to submitting false tax returns. Authorities said Tuesday that 64-year-old Ramon Arias of Mountain Brook pleaded guilty to filing false federal income tax returns that didn’t account for money he took from Little Caesars restaurants he owns. Officials say Arias diverted money from the gross receipts…
Former IRS Employee Sentenced in Tax Scheme Case
Demetria Brown, of Birmingham, pleaded guilty to the charges last year.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former IRS employee has been sentenced in federal court in Missouri two years and six months in prison in a $326,000 fraudulent tax refund scheme. The U.S. attorney’s office says that 39-year-old Demetria Michele Brown, of Birmingham, Alabama, also was ordered Monday to pay restitution to the state of Missouri and the IRS. Brown…
