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Fed authorities charge 24 IRS workers with theft
ap via Boston.com ^
| 4/17/13
| By ADRIAN SAINZ
Posted on 04/17/2013 1:42:24 PM PDT by Bulwinkle
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Twenty-four current and former Internal Revenue Service employees have been charged with stealing government benefits, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
The IRS employees were indicted on charges that they illegally received more than $250,000 in benefits including unemployment insurance payments, food stamps, welfare, and housing vouchers, the U.S. attorney’s office in Memphis said in a news release.
Prosecutors say 13 of the IRS employees face federal charges of lying about being unemployed while applying for or recertifying their government benefits. They each face up to five years in prison if convicted of making false statements to receive the benefits....
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; federal; felons; irs; taxdollarsatwork; theft; thieves; youpayforthis
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Sound like Obama supporters to me!
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:42:24 PM PDT
by
Bulwinkle
To: Bulwinkle
They are just stimulating the economy in their own special way...
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:44:44 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Bulwinkle
"The fish rots from the head" - George Putnam
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:45:18 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Bulwinkle
To: Bulwinkle
I hope they “loose “ their jobs........(not!)
How many more didn’t get caught!!
Good post
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:45:26 PM PDT
by
kimtom
(USA ; Freedom is not Free)
To: Bulwinkle
The IRS is a criminal enterprise. As is the DHS. As is the Fed. As is 90% of all federal agencies.
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:45:28 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: Bulwinkle
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:45:47 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: Bulwinkle
Up to 5 years in prison .... don’t think so. If they are Eric’s people they will get an apology and re-instated and everyone else will get 40 hours of mandatory sensitivity training.
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:46:53 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(The Team: Progressives, Margret Sanger, Josef Mengele and the Butcher of Philadelphia)
To: Bulwinkle
IRS isn’t the thief. IRS is the conduit.
To: Bulwinkle
I live in Mwmphis. You can take it to the bank that they are Dems.
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:48:45 PM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
(He who dwells in thee shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadows of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
To: Bulwinkle
I live in Memphis. You can take it to the bank that they are Dems.
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:49:09 PM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
(He who dwells in thee shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadows of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
To: Bulwinkle
Fed authorities charge 24 IRS workers with theft Forgive me if I sound confused, but isn't that pretty much their job description?
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:53:31 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
To: Bulwinkle
As government slugs get to use the force of government against us, when they are caught doing something illegal, the penalties should be at minimum 3-10 times the same crime for the average citizen.
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:56:01 PM PDT
by
Wurlitzer
(Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam!)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:57:21 PM PDT
by
Aevery_Freeman
(Demarica: Land of the need, home of the slave!)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I’m thinking they’re cleaning house, like they did for the SS several months ago.
Like W Bush should have done, instead of keeping all the Clinton-appointed and Democrat traitors.
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posted on
04/17/2013 1:59:20 PM PDT
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: Bulwinkle
Affirmative Action hires?
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posted on
04/17/2013 2:05:26 PM PDT
by
ken in texas
(I was taught to respect my elders but it keeps getting harder to find any.)
Look! It's Spam!!!
Click The Spam And Donate
Donate Anyway
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posted on
04/17/2013 2:08:51 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(My faith and politics cannot be separated)
To: Wurlitzer
You don’t know how things work at IRS. If these are very low graded people, they will get fired and go to jail. If they are middle range people, they will not get fired not go to jail and probably end up with a nasty note in their personnel file. If they are the top managers, the government will exonerate their actions and probably put them in line for secretary of treasury.
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posted on
04/17/2013 2:31:04 PM PDT
by
Mouton
(108th MI Group.....68-71)
To: Bulwinkle
Anyone want to bet on the racial diversity of the Memphis IRS office where this happened? My bets are they all voted for Obama.
To: Bulwinkle
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