John wrote:

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Sounds like a real case of "arteryburn", well, "heartburn"
anyway.

Last week a fellow who operated (past tense) on of those
"fast tax" places over in Columbus was being interviewed by
local tv station crew. Seems like there were complaints
from customers about not getting their promised refunds in a
reasonable amount of time (you know, 24-48 hours). So the
tv interviewer wanted to know why. During the interview,
here comes the city narco squad, the IRS, and the Georgia
revenoors in for a bust.

It appears, "alledgely", that he was using the refunded
amounts to buy meth a.. mines, something like that, for
resale, all the while "refunding" to customers using his
own company checks (not a recognized financial institution.)

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA
Sun 13 Mar 2005

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OKLAHOMA CITY-- A tax preparer was sent to prison for three
years and a month after pocketing his clients money instead
of paying it to the Internal Revenue Service.

Rhett E. Arterburn, 64, of Oklahoma City was also ordered
Thursday to pay his victims $501,891 in restitution.

U.S. District Court Judge Ralph G. Thompson said Arterburn
apparently is broke, and will not likely be able to pay his
victims.

Arterburns clients still must pay their taxes, but
prosecutor Kerry Kelly said the government is willing to
work with the victims to try to reach a just settlement that
may be below the actual amount owed.

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