Tax crimes

Bighorn to the big house; rotten apple; in Dutch; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service warned taxpayers Tuesday to beware of a quickly proliferating scam involving erroneous tax refunds being deposited in their bank accounts, after a data breach on their tax preparers' computers gives them access to sensitive client information.

A Florida CPA was sentenced in federal court in Boston for multiple counts of tax fraud and obstructing the Internal Revenue Code.

The Internal Revenue Service, fresh off its success in uncovering U.S. assets hidden in Swiss banks, has assigned elite criminal agents to investigate whether Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are being used to cheat the taxman.

Eighteen months, guaranteed; former CPA, current inmate; trust them not; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

An ex-math teacher turned Marseilles piano-bar manager who claimed links to Corsica’s underworld allegedly spearheaded a 385 million-euro ($478 million) tax scam and spent part of the proceeds on Beverly Hills real estate.

Now filling a cell; no EFIN, no problem; cleaning up but not filing; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Psychics gone bad; wrong numbers; cattle and veils; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Personal and professional; off he goes (to jail); charity case; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Gone Postal; five down in fraud; ‘saves me a lot of taxes’; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Fraud from the ground up; coding crook; and the nominees are; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration cautioned taxpayers to stay on “high alert” next tax season so they don’t fall prey to criminals who pretend to be employees of the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department.

Now for the clients; ‘the crimes were serious’; the jailed and the dead; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

CPA skims half a mil; rough ride; makeup fake-up; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Lots of loot, lots of cars; figures that didn’t add up; Fast time; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Declining manpower continues to sap the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to pursue criminal cases, as the number of new investigations dropped by 11 percent over the past year and recommendations for prosecution fell by 18 percent.

Like mother, like daughter; a rep for refunds; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

CPA under-reports income; an open relationship and a hidden scheme; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A quarter million for phony work; pools, snow and fraud; bogus figures all around; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

So busted; many clients, not one business; plenty for wife and girlfriend; and other highlights of recent tax cases.