Tax crimes

False losses claimed; kids’ IDs for sale; ‘lavish lifestyle’ becomes eight months in jail; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Maryland red lights more preparers; gambling with ill-gotten gains; deli defrauding; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

As Tax Day looms near, cybercriminals will be making a strong push down the final stretch.

Creative parking violations; scams at day care; “additional” cash fees; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Reality TV star Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino and his brother Marc are facing more tax evasion charges in a long-running case.

A new report from IBM’s security research group sheds light on how tax scam emails are proliferating.

Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators mainly pursued law-abiding citizens and businesses when seizing assets in civil forfeiture cases because they were easier to go after, according to a new government report.

The second-largest Swiss wealth manager faces a sweeping tax evasion and money laundering investigation spanning five countries and potentially involving thousands of account holders.

Repeat-offender preparer pleads guilty; false filing among many charges in $3 million fraud; Belize accounts; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Inflating and stealing refunds, three sentenced for faking Scheduled C figures; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

No matter how small your firm is, your clients’ information is very tempting to hackers.

More businesses are failing to remit payroll taxes, with 1.4 million employers owing approximately $45.6 billion in unpaid employment taxes, interest and penalties as of December 2015.

An ITS preparer sentenced, an injunction for ‘serial tax fraud,’ and other highlights of recent cases.

Tax attorneys who didn’t file, 19 suspended preparers in Maryland, and other highlights of recent tax fraud cases.

A California tax prep office is robbed, plus our weekly roundup of tax fraud cases.

Caterpillar Inc., the bellwether U.S. equipment maker praised just last week by President Donald Trump, now finds itself a government target as federal tax and banking authorities raided its Illinois offices.

Budgetary constraints contributed to the continuing decline in caseload.

Fraudster faces charges for soliciting taxpayer info for false returns, plus other highlights of other recent cases.

In this time of great upheaval in our nation’s history, find peace in the things that remain constant—one of them being that someone will always try to use taxes to steal money.

Fake children and other highlights of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.