Tax fraud

With cases of identity theft and tax fraud increasing almost exponentially, tax preparers should educate their clients about the dangers they face in having their information compromised, according to executives at several credit monitoring and identity protection services.

Many of the special personal identification numbers given out by the Internal Revenue Service to protect victims of identity theft may have been stolen, according to a security research site.

The Internal Revenue Service issued an alert Tuesday to payroll and human resources professionals to beware of an emerging phishing email scheme that purports to come from company executives and requests personal information on employees.

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A former New York tax preparer was sentenced to nine years in prison for filing thousands of fraudulent tax returns using the stolen identities of minors.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Internal Revenue Service has been unable to get control of rampant identity theft this tax season, despite high-profile efforts to confront the problem with the help of private industry.

The Internal Revenue Service is being urged to fix a security vulnerability that makes it all too easy to get an Electronic Filing PIN used by tax preparers.

The Internal Revenue Service warned Thursday it has seen a fourfold surge this tax season in email phishing and malware incidents, targeting consumers and the tax industry.

A federal court in Chicago has ordered Servicios Latinos Inc. to close its nationwide tax preparation business.

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The Internal Revenue Service nearly doubled the amount of money it paid to tax whistleblowers last year and is taking steps to make the process move faster.

An Internal Revenue Service employee who worked for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, where her job was to help taxpayers resolve their identity theft problems, pleaded guilty to stealing identities and orchestrating a tax-fraud scheme involving up to $1.5 million in fraudulent income tax returns.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.

The Internal Revenue Service’s new security measures this tax season to counter identity theft and tax fraud appear to be having little impact so far on criminals, according to a security expert who monitors the online chat rooms where fraudsters swap taxpayers’ sensitive personal and financial information.

Two client advisers from Julius Baer Group Ltd. accused of helping Americans evade taxes are expected to plead guilty in New York on Thursday, when the Swiss bank will resolve its own criminal case by agreeing to pay $547 million, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot said Tuesday he has suspended processing of electronic and paper tax returns from 16 Liberty Tax Service franchise locations due to a high volume of questionable returns received, on top of seven Baltimore-area Liberty locations that he suspended processing last week.

Taxpayers are increasingly aware of identity theft-related tax fraud this year and are concerned about becoming victims, according to a new survey.

A roundup of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.