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Accountants Behaving Badly: Police Department Accountant Couldn’t Be Bothered, PPP Loan Fraud, and a Creepy Tax Preparer

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Court records show that Urban is currently in custody in Florida, serving a prison sentence for defrauding a previous employer of more than $283,000, and using the embezzled money to pay for court-ordered restitution for a prior embezzlement. Tracy Mitchell, the owner of House of Deals, Inc., and House of Furniture and Mattress, Inc.,

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How Miami Became a Hub of PPP Fraud After Pandemic

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It was a free-for-all,” said Michael Brown, an FBI supervisory special agent who heads a financial crimes squad in South Florida. South Florida was a fraudster’s feast. He also claimed his company’s payroll was $1,035,091 in the previous year on an IRS tax form. All kinds of people were dipping in. Criminals cashed in.

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2023 Readers’ Choice Awards – The Readers Have Voted!

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And now, the results are in: IN-FIRM TECHNOLOGIES Federal/State Income Tax Preparation Insight : As was true in every year of voting, the tax prep system category is always the most voted-on, with nearly all respondents selecting a preferred system. We thank the more than 5,000 professionals who participated in voting this year.