Industry
Tax preparation
- First Reported
- Apr 18, 2022
- Latest Reported
- Oct 20, 2026
Reported Context (3)
- A Nigerian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for his involvement in a series of spearphishing attacks targeting US tax preparation businesses since 2019. Man Sentenced to Eight Years for Spearphishing Tax Firms and Stealing $3.3 Million
- Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu enriched himself from 2019 to 2023 by hacking into U.S.-based tax preparation businesses, filing false tax returns with federal and state authorities using identities stolen from victim Nigerian National Sentenced to Eight Years for Hacking and Fraud Scheme
- Fraudsters have also detailed how to directly utilize tax preparation software such as TurboxTax to steal refunds for quick, but fraudulent financial gain. Darknet Fraudsters Advertise Tax Refund Schemes and Stolen IRS Checks
People (3)
Threat Actors (2)
MITRE ATT&CK (3)
Products (2)
Countries (3)
Note: Related entities, including threat actors, malware, CVEs, MITRE ATT&CK techniques, vendors, products, tools, countries, and industries, are shown when they appear in the same reporting. Their presence does not necessarily mean they were targeted, compromised, vulnerable, responsible for the activity, or directly involved in the incident.