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IRS gave out $1 billion in fraudulent refunds for prisoners

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November 25, 2014 8:09 pm

Four Environmental Protection Agency employees have been on paid administrative leave for more than a year. (iStock Photo)

Legions of federal workers on paid leave for months

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November 25, 2014 7:10 pm

The Federal Employees Compensation Act costs the federal government more than $3 billion every year, with the postal service soaking up 40 percent of all such expenses. (iStock)

Crime

Postal worker admits to $250,000 disability scam

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November 24, 2014 5:12 pm

Another Wall Street titan cashes in with top job at Treasury Dept.

Another Wall Street titan cashes in with top job at Treasury Dept.

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November 23, 2014 10:00 am

The hospice company forged Medicare claims that showed its nurses had visited their terminally ill patients when, in fact, they had not. (iStock)

Hospice owner faces prison for Medicare fraud

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November 22, 2014 6:00 pm

An estimated 6,000 IRS employees have outside jobs or are involved in extracurricular businesses, but only half of them are doing so with permission from their superiors, according to a Department of the Treasury watchdog.Â (iStock)

IRS thinks its employees’ income info should be kept away from investigators

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November 21, 2014 10:00 am

Feds aren’t accurately tracking taxpayer dollars spent on unions, GAO finds

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November 20, 2014 2:52 pm

Delays, ineptitude mar Maya Lin public art project in Washington, Oregon

Delays, ineptitude mar Maya Lin public art project in Washington, Oregon

Sarah Bedford -

November 19, 2014 2:22 pm

Healthcare company CareAll defrauded both Medicare and Medicaid by inflating and falsifying costs. (iStock Photo)

Healthcare

HHS still doing business with firm that twice defrauded Medicare

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November 15, 2014 10:00 am

Eight people were convicted of fraud for their role in the complex scheme, which involved enticing buyers to purchase properties they could not afford and profiting from the sales. (iStock)

Seven in mortgage fraud ring got $44 million — and 25 years in federal prison

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November 13, 2014 2:00 pm

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