Tax fraud

Marital miscreants; Capital crime; what a dump; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit has reportedly been tapped by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office to help investigate financial ties between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia.

Out of the pool; two-timer crook; pizza plea for preparer; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service has signed a contract with a company called Chainalysis that offers software for analyzing and tracking bitcoin transactions.

The Internal Revenue Service sent an urgent warning Monday about a new phishing scheme in which a scam email purporting to originate from the IRS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is actually part of a ransomware effort to take computer information hostage.

‘Refund locks’ would make taxpayer information useless to identity thieves.

Phony IDs from far away; renounced citizenship, concealed assets; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Cloud prep, phony name; sending the money out; Bay State bilked of $1.38 million; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Phishing e-mails that look like they come from tax prep software are aiming for practitioners.

Scamming from a cell; Speedy decision; a gamble pays off with four years; and other highlights of recent tax cases.