Thread: Drug raid uncovers massive tax fraud scheme

I searched and did not find this article - if it is a duplicate I apologize.

http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/201 ... ?p=1&tc=pg

Drug raid uncovers massive tax fraud scheme


By Lisa Rogers
Times Staff Writer


Published: Friday, February 5, 2010 at 6:01 a.m.

An income tax fraud scheme discovered during a drug raid Thursday night is expected to lead to hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal tax refunds.

“I wouldn’t be surprised it went into the millions,â€

[b]This started as a relatively routine narcotics case,â€

Just wonder if Lori Lei was licensed to prepare taxes.

Originally Posted by vortex

Just wonder if Lori Lei was licensed to prepare taxes.

I don't think you have to be V.

As far as I know, you only have to be licensed if you are advertising as a professional tax preparer. There is absolutely nothing stopping anyone from doing taxes for another person.

We had a situation here a few years ago where a tenant was doing taxes for illegals and making a pretty penny off of it. Someone turned her in believing that she was committing a crime and, it turned out, she wasn't. She wasn't filing fraudulent returns nor passing herself off as a professional and nothing could be done about it.

Well, that crap has to be changed! I suppose Lori Lei did not sign the forms as the preparer, just had the illegals sign as if they had done their own (perhaps, as some cannot do simple arithmetic or sign their own names.)
If this case gets thrown out due to accidental discovery and violating the privacy of illegals I shall have a hissy fit and move to Antarctica.

I hadn't heard about the case in Colorado. It makes me wonder if tax fraud is part of the trafficking manifesto nationwide.
Does every drug supply line have a person that also prepares fraudulent taxes so that they can commit tax fraud as well as welfare fraud, identity theft, healthcare fraud , just to mention a few.
I sent this article to both of my Senators and my Congressman and pointed out that the Federal government doesn't seem to be doing it's job as the steward of the public treasury. I am awaiting responses.....

This from a guest contributor the the Gadsden Times.

[quote]Guest commentary: Does IRS really want first-time homebuyer schemes exposed?

By John F. Floyd
Special to The Times

Published: Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 6:01 a.m.

An interesting thing happened in Gadsden, my hometown in Alabama, in early February. A routine drug raid for methamphetamine distribution resulted in the discovery of an income tax fraud scheme that is expected to lead to millions of dollars in illegal tax refunds.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if it went into several millions,â€