IRS Treats Rabbi’s Tax Refund Scam As Seriously As Tax Evasion
A Baltimore man was charged in connection with an international tax-fraud conspiracy that sought to obtain more than $35 million in federal and state income tax refunds using the identities of 3,300 federal prisoners.
Ten men, including the leader of the conspiracy, Marvin Berkowitz, 62, of Jerusalem, Israel, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago after Berkowitz and the others were arrested in Israel and other locations throughout the United States.
Joel S. Lowenstein, 63, of Baltimore, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and will appear at a future date in Harrisburg, Penn., for his arraignment.
If convicted, Lowenstein faces up to five years in prison and fines up to $250,000.
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