Posts Tagged ‘fraudulent refunds’

IRS Oops: $110,000 Tax Refund Deposited into Man’s Checking Account

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Laguna Beach resident Stephen McDow woke up one day to find that the IRS had deposited a refund of $110,000 into his checking account. And so he spent it; Over the course of a year McDow spent more than half of the money in paying off his student loan debt, his mortgage and towards the purchase of a new. The catch… the refund did not belong to McDow and it
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Mover Charged with Income Tax Evasion

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Alan L. Homsy, 45, of Allston, Mass., pleaded guilty to two counts of filing false tax returns, eight counts of false and fraudulent claims for tax refunds and 18 counts of failure to collect and pay employment taxes. Homsy owned and operated moving companies, and evidence showed he failed to collect and pay the IRS more than $85,000 owed for income taxes withheld from employee wages and for employer FICA
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