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Florida Attorney General Issues Scam Warning TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –Attorney General Pam Bondi urges Floridians to use caution when filing tax returns and to be aware of identity theft and tax-related scams. “I encourage Floridians to educate themselves on identity theft and tax-related scams before filing their tax returns,” stated Attorney General Pam Bondi. “If anyone…

The Eco Benefits Of Choosing The Right Document Destruction Company Although the talk of a paperless office has been trending for years, the reality of the situation is that most businesses, offices and organizations still rely quiet heavily on traditional paper based documents. From sales orders to meeting notes, everyday there are countless paper based…

Florida man to serve 9½ years for ID theft scam A Florida man was sentenced to 9½ years in prison Thursday for his role in a sophisticated, multimillion-dollar identity theft/tax refund scam uncovered by good luck and good police work. In a case still under investigation by the IRS, Ramoth Jean, 33, of Miami, was…

Criminal Identity Theft Investigations Increase 66% at IRS (Bloomberg) The Internal Revenue Service started 1,492 criminal investigations into the use of tax returns to commit identity theft in the year that ended Sept. 30, a 66 percent increase, the agency said Tuesday. The data release comes less than a month before the start of the…

Former retirement services company worker gets 6 years in ID theft, tax fraud case FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — A former worker at the TIAA-CREF retirement services company has been sentenced to six years in federal prison in an identity theft and tax fraud scheme. The sentence was imposed Monday by a Fort Lauderdale federal judge…

Florida men accused of hitting Cabela’s for $8,000 in items in South Dakota MITCHELL, S.D. — Two men have been arrested for allegedly trying to steal more than $8,000 worth of merchandise Tuesday from Cabela’s in Mitchell. Yamel Rivera, 26, of Lehigh Acres, Fla., and Yuseff Antonia Elias, 28, of Miami, Fla., are each charged…

Florida Sheriff Targets Dozens in $2.8M Welfare Fraud Scheme A $2.8 million fraud by Florida welfare recipients was busted in a two-year sting by authorities that is expected to bring more than 60 arrests, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said on Tuesday. “We aren’t going to bark a lot, but we are going to…

Former Olympian, UConn Student Charged With Identity Theft STORRS — A former Olympic swimmer and University of Connecticut student who allegedly made more than $12,000 in online purchases with someone else’s credit cards was charged Wednesday with identity theft, according to university police. Diguan Denzel Pigot, 19, turned himself in after learning there was an…

Child abuse, neglect records found dumped in alley PHOENIX (AP) — Thousands of pages of confidential state documents on children and parents involved in abuse and neglect cases have been found dumped in a Phoenix alley, and state officials say they’re investigating how that happened. KSAZ-TV (http://bit.ly/1ggMGP5) reports that a resident gave the station a…

Florida man gets three years in tax fraud scheme at sentencing in St. Louis ST. LOUIS • A Florida man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for his role in a tax fraud scheme that employed stolen identities, including identities stolen from the recently dead. Dwayne Denard Johnson, 34, pleaded guilty in federal…