Roanoke: 24 individuals charged in $1.5M COVID financial fraud scheme
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Two Roanoke individuals were allegedly the masterminds behind a COVID-19 fraud submitting $1.5 million in relief applications for fictional businesses.
Search Results for Internal Revenue Service
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VEC partners with federally certified identity provider for more efficient benefits access
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The VEC announces a faster and easier way for Virginians to access unemployment benefits through a partnership with ID.me.
CEO of charity for veterans charged with federal fraud crimes including money laundering
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A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a former Virginia resident with devising and executing a scheme to defraud the public.
IRS reopens Taxpayer Assistance Center in Staunton ahead of 2023 tax season
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The Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC) in Staunton is now open at 1600 N. Coalter Street, Suite 2 with free parking and public transportation.
Gene Zitver: Congressman Ben Cline throws Ukraine under the bus, again
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Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline continues to function as Vladimir Putin’s man in western Virginia.
Freeman man allegedly defrauds elderly homeowners, COVID-19 relief programs
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A Freeman man had his initial appearance on charges of wire fraud, filing a false tax return, tax evasion and making false statements to a financial institution.
Inflation Reduction Act becomes law: Impacts on healthcare, climate change
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The Inflation Reduction Act was signed into United States law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday.
ClineWatch: Cline scaremongers about IRS ‘army’
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Congressman Ben Cline has been telling a lot of lies about the Inflation Reduction Act, which congressional Democrats passed last week without a single Republican vote.
Tax prep sentenced to two years in prison for defrauding small business owners
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The former owner of a tax preparation business who defrauded at least eight small businesses, many of whose owners spoke English in a limited capacity, was sentenced this week to two years in federal prison for wire fraud and ordered to pay $190,294 in restitution.
Castlewood man sentenced in pandemic unemployment fraud scheme
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One of the 33 individuals charged with defrauding the federal government of more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits was sentenced this week to 30 months in federal prison.
