IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT FEDERAL INCOME TAX FRAUD IN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Fact:  Florida prisoners file more fraudulent tax returns than any other prison system in our nation. 

Fact:  In 2009 Florida prisoners filed more fraudulent tax returns than all the prisoners in California,Texas and New York combined.

Fact:  Former Senator Bill Nelson played a big part in getting an agreement between the FBI, IRS and the Florida prison system that was focused on stopping federal tax fraud in the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC).

Fact:  Daniel Goodheart, a former psychologist at Okeechobee Correctional Institution made more than $900,000 from filing fraudulent tax returns.

Fact:  The Florida Senate Finance Committee is involved with trying to stop tax fraud in the FDC.

Fact:  FDC Inspector General's Office issues several reports a year documenting their findings on tax and credit card fraud in the Florida prison system.

Fact:  Tax fraud ringleaders in FDC file false tax returns in the names of witnesses that appear in the law-work of Florida inmates.  In other words, if you're a witness to any crime committed by an inmate in the Florida prison system then you could have had or might have a fraudulent tax return filed in your name. 

Federal income tax fraud has been going on in FDC for more than 30 years and federal and state officials can't stop it.  If you'd like to read more about this subject then you will want to read my book entitled "DEPARTMENT OF CORRUPTION - Darren Rainey - The Untold Story." You can locate this book at Crusader Books or Lulu Publishing.  Please share this blog with your friends. Harold Hempstead