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ATLANTA â A federal jury has found Hampton resident Hakim Amal Archible guilty on three counts of filing or attempting to file false liens against federal officials and one count of obstructing or impeding the administration of the Internal Revenue Service.
âIn this case, the defendant filed false liens against current and former public officials to bully and harass them,â said Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine. âArchible learned that our office will vigorously pursue individuals who improperly weaponize the lien system in Georgia.â
âTIGTAâs statutory mission includes investigating individuals who are alleged to pose a threat to IRS employees engaged in the lawful collection of taxes,â said J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for Tax Administration. âAttempts to intimidate or retaliate against IRS employees engaged in the performance of their official duties will be aggressively pursued. We appreciate the efforts of the
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Well, that didn’t take long! Three key House Republicans are demanding that J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration (TIGTA), investigate the recent IRS decision to deny a faith group’s tax-exemption application because prayer allegedly helps Republicans.
As this column previously reported “Lois Lerner is BAACCCKKK!!!” Stephen Martin, who succeeded Lerner as chief of the Exempt Organizations Division of the IRS, denied the application of Christians Engaged because prayer and Bible study benefit the GOP:
“You do not qualify as an organization described in IRS Section 501(c)(3). You engage in prohibited political campaign intervention … You are also not operated exclusively for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 50l (c)(3), because you operate for a substantial non-exempt private purpose and for the private interests of the D party …
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Caesar Oskan, also known as Sezer Ozkan, and his brother Ester Ozkar, also known as Eser Ozkay, pleaded guilty today in federal court to making false statements to a financial institution in separate schemes to defraud the federal government of pandemic relief funds, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds; Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Daniels; United States Secret Service Special Agent in Charge of San Francisco Field Office James Anderson; Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair; Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George; Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General, Western Region Special Agent in Charge Weston King; and Office of Inspector General for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Western Region Special Agent in Charge Scott Redington.