Criminals combine a real person's Social Security number with other real or made-up details to trick credit issuers.

If a criminal steals a Social Security number, they could piece it together with other real or fake details to create an ...

leaving easy paths for identity theft open. The IRS is legally required to inform parents if their child's identity is being used to commit tax fraud. But according to an article in The Dispatch ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS boosted taxpayer services through Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act but still faces processing ...

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has made significant improvements in taxpayer services, largely due to funding from the ...

In May, she received a letter from the state saying a tax return had been filed for the 2023 tax year. But she said she never filed one. The letter led to a months-long identity theft battle ...

In February 2024, a federal grand jury in Eugene charged Anastasia with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, tax evasion, and making false statements to financial institutions. Man accused of ...

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The year 2024 has not quite come to a close and many people may not yet be thinking about filing their 2024 income tax return ...