How is this a federal crime that involves the FBI?
Tax fraud, maybe? They claimed the “charitable donations” as deductions on their taxes (as per the news stories).
How is this a federal crime that involves the FBI?
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I don’t know but I do know there are many other very serious crimes and threats to our country that the FBI should be focusing its resources on rather than stuff like this.
FEDERAL CRIME to do Income Tax Evasion.
The money they spent to accomplish the cheating was paid to a ‘Non-Profit’ & they took the Charity deductions.
The high amounts of those deductions shown on the filings of the “Non-Profit” were what raised the flag in the first place.
IIRC from my Accounting classes, ANY evidence of Tax Evasion can allow the IRS to review ALL your tax returns back to the day you were born.
I am betting that plenty of these people have other problems on their tax returns.
Their CPA’s can also be in trouble.
This scandal is just starting——it has ‘legs’.