Prosecutors say former IRS worker Rodney Rupe of Utah accessed taxpayer databases in a scheme to swindle tax credits owed oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil
A former IRS employee was indicted in Utah federal court for allegedly trying to steal $2.1 million in tax credits owed to oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil.
Rupe, who allegedly tried to deposit the check at multiple credit union locations, is charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, and theft of government property in Salt Lake City.received a U.S. Treasury check for $2,100,377 in January after diverting Exxon's tax credits to an entity he had created, and then tried to deposit the check at multiple credit union locations over the next two months.He is due to make his first appearance in the case on July 3 in that court.
In April 2022, the indictment says, Rupe accessed a database to transfer $2.02 million in tax credits from the oil and gas giant Exxon's taxpayer account to Ex Xo Exteriors Ltd.' s taxpayer account, the indictment alleges.
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