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Feds Probe Alleged Homebuyer Tax Scam IRS: 3 Men, 1 Woman Claimed 170 Credits
Albuquerque Journal ^ | September 27, 2009 | Richard Metcalf

Posted on 09/27/2009 2:27:13 PM PDT by greyfoxx39

   
  The First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit was meant to provide money for renters to buy homes, but a ring of local residents apparently saw only the money part.
 
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   The tax credit program offers up to $8,000 to eligible first-time homebuyers, who claim the credit by filing a specific IRS form with their federal tax return. The credit is a dollar-fordollar credit on the amount owed by a homebuyer in federal taxes. If a buyer doesn’t owe the IRS any money at the end of the year, the credit amount comes back as cash in the pocket.

   The scam involved primarily fictitious returns filed between February and April  with no tax liability, thus the tax credit came back as cash. Most of the returns used fake W-2 forms and had no paid preparer.

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   Named in issued search war   rants are Jerry Gurule with an address on Bedrock NW in Albuquerque, Lawrence Jaramillo with an address on Crimson NW in Albuquerque, Andre Lewis with an address on Vaughn NE in Rio Rancho, and Katie Rusk with an address on Quincy SE in Albuquerque.

   Court documents allege that Gurule was paid 21 tax credits worth $150,104, Jaramillo was   paid 33 credits worth $233,852, Lewis was paid 15 credits worth $149,674 and Rusk was paid 3 credits worth $22,400. The documents note that Jaramillo is also under investigation by the Secret Service for bank fraud.

   


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: corruption; fraud; newmexico
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1 posted on 09/27/2009 2:27:14 PM PDT by greyfoxx39
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2 posted on 09/27/2009 2:28:05 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (ObaMugabe is turning this country into another Zimbabwe as fast as he can with media's help.)
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Seems the IRS computers are much better at dishing out checks than they are about noticing blatantly wrong situations.


3 posted on 09/27/2009 2:34:57 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: greyfoxx39

I wonder what the tax and homebuyer assistance experts at ACORN offices told their “clients” regarding this gummint giveaway?


4 posted on 09/27/2009 2:37:14 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68 (CALL CONGRESSCRITTERS TOLL-FREE @ 1-800-965-4701)
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The FHA, which is the provider for a new version of "sub prime" and the associated fraud, will be the next bubble to burst.

Banks are swapping their Fannie/Ginnie Mae toxic loans for FHA toxic loans like mad. Why? Ginnie/Fannie Mae loans, because they are not govt insured, can only be carried on their books for about 20% face value. Govt insured FHA loans on the other hand, CAN be carried at 100% face. By end of 2010 the FHA will carry $1 Trillion worth. Guess who picks up the tab when these FHA loans go bad?

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5 posted on 09/27/2009 2:42:35 PM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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Thats the way we roll here in the New Mexican Territory.


6 posted on 09/27/2009 2:43:22 PM PDT by joelt
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My daughter and her husband who have the income required for and did this legitimately took advantage of this credit...nice to see someone who is contributing taxes taking advantage of this.


7 posted on 09/27/2009 2:55:01 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (ObaMugabe is turning this country into another Zimbabwe as fast as he can with media's help.)
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This makes me sick.


8 posted on 09/27/2009 3:22:07 PM PDT by machogirl
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To: greyfoxx39

Oh, plesae. There couldn’t POSSIBLY be any fraud, waste and abuse in ANY government-sanctioned program to ‘help’ people by re-distributing wealth through confiscatory taxation!

You cwazy! ;)


9 posted on 09/27/2009 5:06:40 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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