Tax crimes

Protect your clients from the Form W-2 email phishing scam that has now evolved beyond the corporate world and is spreading to other types of organizations.

Using your late mother’s Social Security number for fraud, and other highlights of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Boaz Schwartz was detained over alleged value-added-tax violations involving the company’s clients, the latest setback in the German firm’s attempts to end years of legal issues and misconduct.

The scheme is now spreading to more organizations beyond corporate America, with schools, restaurants, hospitals and tribal groups now being targeted by cybercriminals.

Federal prosecutors in New York have charged a lawyer who worked for the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility in Washington, D.C., with distributing methamphetamine.

Businesses that never existed, students who never went to school, and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

$24,000 in EITC due diligence fines and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Seven ways to build better client relationships during tax season, and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers this week.

A congressional staffer faces incarceration every weekend for a year, and a Pittsburgh ice rink that didn’t pay its employment taxes.

The value of different color pens to tax fraudsters, and other highlights from our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

A tax preparer charged with video voyeurism, as well as some more run-of-the-mill false medical and dental expenses in this week’s roundup of (loosely) tax-related cases.

Stealing from Toys for Tots, inflated refunds, Honduran birth certificates and more from our favorite recent cases.

Teaching your nieces to file false returns; thousands of gallons of fake gas purchases; and other highlights of our favorite recent cases.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.

The IRS and state tax agencies are warning tax professionals of the continuing threat from cybercriminals.