Identity theft is a problem that affects millions of Americans and that nondescript number is growing exponentially. Years ago, there were fewer people filing fewer fraudulent returns, but now, with the ease of e-file and the lax security of some office’s document retention procedures, there are thousands of people who have built a type of […]

Over the past few years we’ve seen the number of cases of fraud go from an occurrence that happened to “someone we know” to something that you can’t avoid reading or hearing about. It’s happening to hundreds of thousands of people in many different forms, but one of the most common forms in the tax […]

If you have not yet signed up for tonight’s webinar be sure to do so quickly.  This evenings continuing education live webinar will be covering tax related identity theft.  Space is limited.  You can sign up by clicking here: Tax Related Identity Theft For those who have signed up for a continuing education package, this […]

A man, Todd P. Halpern, in New Jersey was charged with one count of tax fraud and one count of identify theft.  He was arrested at his home by agents of the FBI and IRS, according to U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman’s office. Halpern prepared and filed 657 fraudulent federal income tax returns with the […]