Tax fraud

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.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation unit is readying two new programs focusing on data investigations and international tax evasion.

The Internal Revenue Service could be foregoing billions of dollars in potential taxes because tens of thousands of employers are underreporting the amount of their workers’ wages and withholding taxes, according to a new report.

A photo of your shiny new car or your chic holiday cottage may lead the taxman to your door.

Stolen ID scams; an embezzler sentenced; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Internal Revenue Service held a meeting of its Security Summit partners Tuesday in Dallas and reported on progress in battling identity theft tied to tax refund fraud, along with some setbacks.

More than 24,000 fraudulent tax returns were filed in 2015 using a prisoner’s Social Security Number, claiming refunds totaling over $1.3 billion, according to a new report.

Mobile no more; Nigerian citizen pleads guilty in $12-million fraud; Ontario man pleads in phony-refund scam; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A former Credit Suisse Group AG banker who pleaded guilty to conspiring to help Americans hide income and assets from the Internal Revenue Service is cooperating with U.S. prosecutors in a bid for the sort of leniency her former colleagues received.

An old banking procedure could add another layer of security to IRS return processing.

The Internal Revenue Service and its tax industry partners warned tax professionals Tuesday that takeovers of tax professionals’ accounts by cybercriminals are on the rise.

The rap singer DMX was arrested and charged with tax fraud for allegedly evading $1.7 million in taxes.

TNT blows up; HUD time; an $18 million employment tax scheme; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Donald Trump Jr. was tantalized by an offer of Russian government documents that would be damaging to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. But the Russian he met days later had been shopping around information that was hardly a bombshell.

The Internal Revenue Service has decided to limit its probe of Coinbase users to those who engaged in transactions of $20,000 or more, according to a court filing.