Category Archives: Tax Fraud

Last year I reported on Circle Industries, the Alpharetta, Georgia based international construction company. The father and son owners conspired with their bookkeeper to deduct personal expenses on their business return, including things like visits to Atlanta’s Gold Club, an … Continue reading →

As a published author I know that finding the right title for a book can be a difficult task. My writing partner and I struggled with the title for our first book while for our second book we chose the … Continue reading →

If you’re in prison and need some extra money, what should you do? How about defrauding the IRS—after all, you’re in prison, and all the government can do is keep you there. Of course, such a scheme needs help from … Continue reading →

I’ve read about all sorts of Bozo tax preparers, but Sunita Buddhu is by far one of the worst I’ve read about. Luckily for you and I, her days of preparing tax returns have ended. Ms. Buddhu and her father, … Continue reading →

>From just the last few days there have been two stories of Bozo tax preparers and one of a Bozo tax examiner. Here they go: First, from Navarre, Florida comes the story of Deborah Adams. Ms. Adams was a helpful … Continue reading →

Buddy’s Carpet & Flooring is a Cincinnati-based chain of carpet stores. Its owners in the late 1990s devised a method of saving on their taxes—they purchased eight “loss of income” life insurance policies for $3.6 million. Those policies led to … Continue reading →

I spent the last couple of days relaxing (along with printing tax returns). Unsurprisingly there’s some fraud to report on in just those last few days. First, I have to look at a Bozo tax preparer. From nearby Rialto, California … Continue reading →

Another light week on the tax fraud front. But while it lacks depth, some of the cases are definitely amusing. Three women in Maryland allegedly had a Bozo idea on how to make some money. Let’s get some inmates at … Continue reading →