An Ontario taxidermist is facing criminal charges for allegedly making false insurance claims for over $1.2 million in dead exotic animals and naming fake zoos and safaris as part of his claims.Durham Regional Police's financial crimes unit began an investigation last September after they were contacted by an insurance company over potentially fraudulent claims made by Artistry in Motion Taxidermy, located in Uxbridge, police said in a news release on Wednesday. The business owner bought decease
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The owner of a sleep clinic, which had operations in both Fresno County and Tulare County, has been sentenced to 19 months in prison following the discovery that his center had submitted approximately $1 million in fraudulent claims for sleep studies to Medicare, according to the federal Department of Justice. Prosecutors […]
When IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel met privately with senators recently, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee asked for his assessment of a startling report: A whistleblower estimated that 95% of claims now being made by businesses for a COVID-era tax break were fraudulent. “He looked at his shoes and he basically said, ‘Yeah,’” recalled the lawmaker who posed that question, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. The answer explains why Congress is racing to wind down what is known as the employee retention tax credit.