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IRS employee gets 3 years Probation for unauthorized access to IRS Accounts of Hollywood Actors - Kevin Bacon, Alec Baldwin, Chevy Chase, among others
Covington, Ky. - (August 20, 2008) - A 56 year old Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee based out of Covington, was sentenced today to three years of probation, 60 hours of community service, and $1,000 for exceeding unauthorized computer access to obtain information from the Internal Revenue Service. The 56 year old man improperly accessed [...]
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TAX RETURN PREPARER GETS FIVE YEARS FOR FALSE TAX REFUNDS AND IDENTITY THEFT
Pensacola, Florida - In August, 2008 Thomas F. Kirwin, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that a female tax return preparer was sentenced before United States District Court Judge M. Casey Rodgers after pleading guilty in May of this year to 31 counts of preparing and filing false federal income [...]
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“File Segregation”: New Identity is Bad Idea
If you have filed for bankruptcy, you may be the target of a credit repair scheme called “file segregation.” In this scheme, you are promised a chance to hide unfavorable credit information by establishing a new credit identity. That may sound perfect, especially if you’re afraid that you won’t get any credit as long as [...]


