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Food stamp fraud is big business, and an increase in investigations has revealed that a large portion of this type of fraud occurs due...
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Hit Head On
Issaac Newton supposedly discovered gravity when he was sitting under a tree and an apple fell on his head. A modern-day comparison could be...
COVID Feature: Caught, Charged, Convicted, and Sentenced
Can you believe that it has been nearly a year since Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act? (Either time...
Take Off the White Coat
A Florida doctor has pleaded guilty to more than 50 counts of healthcare fraud after admitting to actively deceiving patients and performing unnecessary medical...
Dental Hero Turns Sour
Denver “Dickie” Tackett, who has practiced dentistry for more than 30 years, and is considered something of a saint in his hometown of McDowell,...
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Young and Wicked
Elderly people are one of the most common demographics targeted by fraudsters because they are seen as more vulnerable and easier to exploit. Fraudsters...
Silent Partner
The Department of Justice works collaboratively with local law enforcement and national law enforcement agencies to detect and prosecute healthcare fraud schemes that cross...
A 27-Year “Mistake”
An Ohio man pleaded guilty in 2019 to Social Security Fraud after spending his mother’s social security checks for 27 years after she died…...
A Storm of a Lie
Wherever there is a disaster, it seems there is someone trying to cash in on it. But, what most fraudsters don’t realize is that...
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Reducing Identity Theft Refund Fraud
Combatting tax refund identity fraud is a top priority for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The agency's website reports that through November of 2015,...
5 Technology Trends Agencies Use to Combat Tax Refund Identity Fraud
Deborah Smith, MBA, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Former Executive Director, Personal and Business Taxes, Ohio Department of Taxation
Thanks to advances in technology, tax return preparation and...
Guest Writer: Eva Velasquez
Identity theft is not one single type of crime. In fact, there are several different varieties of identity theft, such as medical, financial, criminal...
Getting Taxpayers the Money they are Owed, Quickly without Identity Fraud
The Kentucky Department of Revenue's (DOR) job is not just to collect taxes, but to get taxpayers the money they are owed as quickly...
