CHICAGO — The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division is warning Indiana taxpayers about a new wave of COVID-19-related scams as the agency delivers the second round of Economic Impact
Indianapolis Ernie Perkins of Zionsville, and the owner of Remarkable Creative Enterprises ( RCE ), was sentenced to 70 months imprisonment in connection with his role in a massive, years-long fraud conspiracy that resulted in the theft of more than $8.4 million from a Pennsylvania based bank and a Pennsylvania based insurance company. Neither the bank nor the insurance company are being named because they are victims in this case. The license to run a business is not permission to use trusted business partners as an endless stream of free money, said Acting Special Agent in Charge Tamera Cantu, of IRS Criminal Investigation, Chicago Field Office. John Williams and his accomplices used their positions and access to the banking system to steal over $8 million from multiple businesses, as well as the honest, hardworking Americans who pay their tax obligations. The IRS is committed to aggressively investigating those individuals who engage in tax evasion, money laundering, and f
The Internal Revenue Serviceâs Criminal Investigation Division is warning Wisconsin taxpayers about a new wave of COVID-19-related scams as the agency delivers the second round of Economic Impact Payments.
In the last several months, IRS-CI has seen a variety of Economic Impact Payment scams and other financial schemes designed to steal money and personal information from taxpayers, according to a press release from the IRS-CI, Chicago Field Office.
Criminals are taking advantage of the second round of Economic Impact Payments â as well as the approaching filing season â to trick taxpayers out of their money.
âCriminals will look for any opportunity to take what they are not entitled to and this is no exception,â Acting Special Agent in Charge Tamera Cantu, of IRS Criminal Investigationâs Chicago Field Office, said in the release. âThis payment is meant to help those that are struggling to get by as a result of the economic downturn caused by the
As the second round of pandemic relief checks go out to millions of Americans, the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal investigation division warned Illinois taxpayers Tuesday that it was looking into hundreds of COVID-19-related scams across the country and abroad.