Tax scams

Oh, baby; all in the family; 63 calls to Western Union; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Fraud takes a holiday; O Pioneer; a lesson in tax evasion; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Off by $10 million-plus; theft by template; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Theft from prep help; neither snow nor rain nor the law; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Bogus wages; ‘permission’ revoked; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A repeat offender gambles, then loses; targeting the homeless; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Four Senate Democrats have written a letter to one of the companies hired by the Internal Revenue Service to collect tax debts after complaints that some of its employees encouraged people to use money from their 401(k) retirement funds or take out a second mortgage to pay off their tax debts.

The Internal Revenue Service, along with state tax agencies and the tax industry, is cautioning tax preparers to beware of a new phishing scheme revolving around emails claiming to be from a tax software education provider.

Stolen names and SSNs; ‘substantial’ fees in a $1.1 million scheme; Canadian conspiracy; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Madoff victims still wait; suing the IRS anonymously; where tax dollars go; other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Bogus gifts, job expenses; ‘varying fees’ for fraud; Crazy skin game; and other highlights of recent tax cases.