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...accused by the kidnappers of being a CIA officer, beaten for three attempted escapes and spent more than a year in solitary confinement before his release on President Ronald Reagan's inauguration day. CONVICTED. JAMES TRAFICANT, 60, nine-term U.S. Congressman from Ohio, on 10 federal charges including bribery, fraud and racketeering; in Cleveland. Traficant may be expelled from the House of Representatives and faces up to 63 years in prison for taking bribes and kickbacks and filing false tax returns. EXTRADITION ORDERED.Of JURGEN HARKSEN, billionaire South African resident wanted by his native Germany to face charges of tax evasion...
Instead, since the Republican Revolution of 1995, Congress has only promoted enforcement against fraud by the working poor. According to Johnston’s reporting, the IRS employs 2,200 people to investigate fraud involving the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a program that helps working Americans stay out of poverty. At most, such cheating amounts to $9 billion a year. Yet on a per-dollar basis, the IRS has only a quarter as many employees investigating more than $300 billion a year of other fraud. (The eyes tend to glaze over when faced with numbers like these...
Finally, investigate ways of fighting tax fraud that can withstand an IRS funding shortfall or a hostile Congress. One approach would be to make the tax laws self-enforcing. The False Claims Act already allows private individuals to file “qui tam” lawsuits against those defrauding the government. If they win, the government receives treble damages, and the plaintiffs take home a portion of the proceeds—normally around 25 percent. Originally designed to catch fraudulent military contractors during the Civil War, the act was revised in 1986 to increase rewards and to protect employee...
Unfortunately, however, the law doesn’t cover tax fraud. The IRS offers rewards for information, but only if the tips lead to a successful enforcement action. Given that the agency is too cash-strapped for effective enforcement, Congress needs to amend the False Claims Act so that individual whistleblowers can stop tax cheats on their...
...black comedy directed by Danny DeVito (The War of the Roses, Matilda). This caricature juxtaposes its yang—children’s television, complete with its Barneys and Teletubbies—with its evil counterpart yin—the industry’s dark underside, with its deception, fraud and, yes, homicide...