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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Pays High Schoolers 20 Bucks an Hour; Deloitte Cyberattacked Too; IRS on ERC | 7.28.23

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According to his plea agreement, Fulton and his company provided bookkeeping, accounting, and tax preparation services for Wayne Joseph Nix, 46, of Newport Coast, a former minor-league baseball player who for nearly 20 years ran an illegal bookmaking business.

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In Payments Fraud, A Crypto Scam

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reports that a chartered accountant who had served with Deloitte had billed for more than 90,000 pounds in fake Uber rides. Gurgyan Singh Kaley, who pleaded guilty to the fraud, claimed he gambled away £1m online in five years as he served on the real estate tax team at the Big Four firm.

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Friday Footnotes: How Much Big 4 Spent on Lobbying Last Year; Super Bowl Bets; CFOs Feeling Good | 2.9.24

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You gotta pay the piper’ on your winnings, says tax expert [ NBC10 Philadelphia ] All gambling winnings are considered taxable income by the Internal Revenue Service, even if you aren’t a professional gambler. You gotta pay the piper,” Romeo Razi, a certified public accountant based in Las Vegas, tells CNBC Make It.