Tricked IRS into Paying Over $3 Million in Tax Refunds
Sunday, July 25, 2021
New Jersey Man Convicted of Conspiring to Defraud IRS in Mortgage-Withholding Tax Scheme A federal jury convicted a New Jersey man today of conspiring with individuals in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and New York in a “mortgage recovery” tax fraud scheme and for assisting in the filing of false returns, among other tax offenses. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, from March 2015 through 2016, John Barry Jr., of Pemberton, and his co-conspirators falsely represented to clients that they could extinguish their outstanding mortgage debts by obtaining tax refunds. To carry out the scheme, Barry and his... Read more →