by admin | Dec 2, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Income tax identity theft, by which identity thieves file phony income tax returns with counterfeit W-2s using the Social Security number and name of their victims is still a major problem for the IRS and taxpayers costing us all billions of dollars each year. ...
by admin | Nov 19, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Michael Oluwasegun Kazeem, a 24 year old Nigerian living in Oregon was sentenced this week to seven years in prison for his participation in an income tax identity theft scam in which he and his co-conspirators filed 2,900 income tax returns using personal...
by admin | Aug 31, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
An Arkansas mail carrier has pleaded guilty to identity theft related charges in federal court and is facing a sentence of up to ten years in federal prison. Michael Hearns conspired with six other identity thieves who filed phony income tax returns using the names...
by admin | Aug 25, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Business Email Compromise scam continues to be an effective scam perpetrated against many companies, however recently one alleged criminal operating this scam has been arrested. Daniel Adekunie Ojo, was charged with fraud and identity theft in regard to using...
by admin | Aug 25, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
There is a reason scam artists are the only criminals we refer to as artists. They can be incredibly good at what they do. Unfortunately, what they do is try to con us and steal our money and identities. This is a time of the year when many tax professionals are...