Pastor operating tax preparation service from church steals from clients

In 2008 the Reverend Jim Lee Shepherd (Ph.D) operated a tax preparation service out of the New Heaven & Earth Christian Center Church in Los Angeles.  He was hired by several taxpayers to prepare their 2007 tax returns and in at least three cases he stole their tax refunds. According to the charges, each of [...] Read more »

IRS employee kites taxpayer checks

On October 5, 2010 Vonda Edmonds, an employee of the Internal Revenue Service was indicted by an Ohio Grand Jury on one count of embezzlement and theft.  According to the indictment, Edmonds embezzled taxpayers’ payments to the IRS in the amount of $3,915.04 for a period of about 1 month (from September 27, 2005 through [...] Read more »