IRS warns Montanans of of new wave of COVID-19 scams
From Internal Revenue Service DENVER The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division IRS-CI is warning Montana taxpayers about a new wave of COVID-19-related scams as the agency delivers the second round of Economic Impact Payments. In the last several months, IRS-CI has seen a variety of Economic Impact Payment EIP scams and other financial schemes designed to steal money and personal information from taxpayers. Criminals are taking advantage of the second round of Economic Impact Payments – as well as the approaching filing season – to trick honest taxpayers out of their hard-earned money.
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WASHINGTON The Internal Revenue Service s Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) will release its Top Five Cases of the year in a multi-day countdown via the agency s Twitter handle @IRS CI. The five-day countdown will run from December 28, 2020 through January 1, 2020 and highlight the agency s most prominent and high-profile investigations conducted in 2020. The first annual IRS Criminal Investigation Top Five Cases is an exciting look back at just a small fraction of the vital work conducted over the last year by the IRS-CI workforce, said Jim Lee, Chief, IRS Criminal Investigation. Despite the many challenges encountered during 2020, our special agents and support staff exceeded all expectations and continued to execute on the agency s broad investigative portfolio. There are a hundred other cases that could easily make this list, which goes to the quality and the impact our cases have on tax administration.