Tag Archives: tax refund
- Tax Refund Check Cashing Scheme Hits Southern Florida
As tax season rolls around it’s no surprise to see tax refund check cashing schemes arising in the news. Announced Monday was the filing of a criminal Information charging defendants Wilson Lau, and his wife, Kate Yuee Lau, for their participation in a check cashing scheme involving more than $5 million in fraudulently obtained tax [...]
- Woman Sentenced For Stealing Identities Of Student Loan Borrowers
Janika Fernae Bates, a resident of Alabama, was sentenced today in the Middle District of Alabama to 94 months in federal prison for stealing identities of student loan borrowers and providing them to a co-conspirator, who used them to file false tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. On Sept. 23, [...]
- 55 Indicted In Operation Stolen Treasures
55 people have been indicted with connections to a large tax fraud scheme which involves hundreds of falsified income tax returns that sought over $250 million in refunds. This scheme has been deemed “Operation Stolen Treasures” and while it is not a big blockbuster movie starring Nicholas Cage it is a criminal investigation revolving around [...]
- What Will Happen if I Have Not Missed Any Payments? – Alma
Alma wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]
- I Want to Use My Tax Refund to Pay Down My Debt. – Laurie
Laurie wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]
- Having Problems Paying My Tolls for My Commute. – Drew
Drew wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]
- Should I USe My Tax Refund to Pay Off My Credit Card Debt? – Cassandra
“Dear Steve, I’m a 39 year old single-mom of two, who makes about $30,000/yr. I currently have credit card debt of about $7800. No savings. No 401K. I usually get a tax refund of around $4000. So, my question is, do I pay off as many credit cards as I can with the refund or [...]
- Lisa Has Been Slowly Bleeding Financially And Needs Intervention
Lisa wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]