The Justice Department's first-ever National Tax Enforcement Surge targeted 76 defendants across 35 U.S. attorneys' offices ...

Think you've become the target of an income tax return scam? Roughly 17% of tax filers said they've encountered tax return scams in 2025 according to network security company Norton, and the problem ...

The IRS is warning taxpayers about a surge in refund scams just as the Tax Day filing deadline arrived on Wednesday, April 15. Scammers are using phishing emails, fake websites, and social media ...

Chukweumeka Victor Amachukwu, a/k/a “Chukwuemeka Victor Eletuo,” a/k/a “So Kwan Leung,” was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe to eight years in prison for his role in multiple fraud, ...

Tax relief companies can provide legitimate assistance, but some are misleading. Learn how to spot red flags and protect ...

Fraud now operates like a professional, tech-driven industry targeting small businesses with phishing, fake credits and data theft. SMBs typically have limited staff, reliance on advisors and weak ...

Tax season is prime time for tax scams. Thieves want to take advantage of your tax-filing anxiety and desire for a big refund, and they use this period as an opportunity to steal your identity and ...

Duncan John MacDonald and three others were accused of selling phony trusts that they claimed would let clients permanently defer paying federal taxes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The IRS is warning taxpayers about the potential for AI-generated tax-collection scams as Tax Day approaches. In a release last ...

Tax Day is nearly here, and with it comes tax scams. The U.S. Congressional Joint Economic Committee has issued a scam alert, with less than a week to go until the tax filing deadline. The warning is, ...

Tax deadlines are approaching fast, and NY Attorney General Leticia James is keeping New Yorkers aware of potential scams to look out for, and many of them include scams created by AI. "As New Yorkers ...

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