by yigadmin | Jun 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
PHOENIX — The IRS joined Thursday with representatives of tax preparation and software firms, payroll and tax financial product processors and state tax administrators to announce a sweeping collaborative effort to combat identity theft refund fraud and protect the...
by yigadmin | Jun 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Officials think the massive data breach revealed this week is part of an effort to build a database of U.S. government workers. One of things that makes hacking so unsettling is the asymmetry of the situation: Unlike with a physical theft, the victims sometimes don’t...
by yigadmin | Jun 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Source: IRS Agrees to Give Identity-Theft Victims Copies of Fake Returns – Bloomberg Business The U.S. Internal Revenue Service agreed to give identity-theft victims copies of bogus tax returns filed in their name, following a sharp rise in fraudulent refund...