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In any big organization, there are going to be mistakes, over-reaching, even some bad apples. As the media still debates how bad Lois Lerner was in the IRS targeting–while she received $129,000 in bonuses–there are other examples of bad IRS conduct. Alleged conduct anyway. For example, one IRS Agent in Seattle is facing criminal charges over an alleged scheme to extort cash from a medical marijuana dispensary for audit favors.
The Seattle Times reported that an IRS Agent named Paul Hurley, 42, attempted to squeeze tens of thousands of dollars out of a businessman for help with a delinquent tax bill. The IRS takes cases of misconduct seriously, for obvious reasons. Meanwhile, an IRS Agent in Tennessee has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman while performing an audit. Agent Samuel Garza was charged with sexual battery.
No matter how you spin it, these are further embarrassments for an agency that is still not over allegations of targeting and more. Even so, these alleged crimes may not be as colorful as the sex for lower taxes story spun by Vincent Burroughs. Vincent Burroughs claimed that his IRS auditor, Ms. Dora Abrahamson, flirted with him by phone and text, then sent him a selfie in her underwear.
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