The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the indictment of Michael Rahim Mohammad, a Dutch national. Mohammad, sometimes called “Mr. Dark,” has been accused of operating Dark Scandals, websites that featured violent rape videos and depictions of child pornography. According to court pleadings, Mohammad was the administrator of the DarkScandals Sites, which he began operating in or…
Technology has changed the world. It’s crazy to me that these days, I could sit on an airplane and send an email to my brother under the ocean (he’s a submariner). Or that I can, with the click of a mouse, have almost anything delivered to my house from trees to laundry detergent to a…
Leaders of tax enforcement authorities – including the IRS – have announced that they have created a united operational alliance, the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement, known as the J5, to fight global tax, cryptocurrency and financial crimes.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has officially introduced the new Chief of the Criminal Investigation division. John D. (Don) Fort was appointed in June 2017 after former Chief Richard Weber announced his departure.
After serving for more than five years, the head of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI), Chief Richard Weber, is stepping down. Weber announced his departure this month, saying, “It’s time.” He continued, “It’s time to start a new challenge.”
It was 85 years ago today that the feds finally got their man: on this day in 1931, Al Capone was finally sentenced to serious prison time. Despite Capone’s reputation, he wasn’t put away for murder or gambling or bootlegging but for tax evasion.
“They can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.” Those infamous words would eventually come back to haunt Alphonse Gabriel Capone, better known as Al Capone, Public Enemy Number One. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1899, Al Capone quickly became acquainted with street gangs. He dropped out of school in the sixth grade at age…
In April, United States Congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY) pleaded not guilty in response to an indictment on a number of federal charges, including tax fraud, vowing, “I’m going to fight tooth and nail … until I am fully exonerated.” What a difference a few months can make. Today, Grimm pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting…
On Friday, federal agents arrested Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price on 11 federal charges including filing fraudulent federal tax returns. Also included in the charges are accusations that Price used his position in the Dallas County government for his personal benefit. Price pleaded not guilty to the charges. Authorities allege that Price used his…
Those stories you’ve been seeing about tax-related crimes, investigations and convictions? They’re not just sensationalist. They’re real. And they’re part of a continuing trend by IRS to investigate financial crimes. Read what the annual report had to say about them…