IRS Says Former Contractor Leaked Tax Data of Over 400,000 Taxpayers
- A former Internal Revenue Service contractor leaked the records of over 405,000 taxpayers, which included President Donald Trump's tax returns, according to the IRS.
- The contractor, Charles Edward Littlejohn, is serving a five-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the leaks in January 2024.
- More than 405,000 taxpayers received notification about the leaks, with approximately 89% of them being business entities, as stated by the IRS.
- Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee highlighted that the actual scale of IRS leaks was much larger than initially reported by the Biden Administration.
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IRS Says Contractor Leaked 400,000 Tax Returns, Nearly 6 Times More Than Previously Reported
The tax data was stolen and leaked to the media by Charles Littlejohn, a former government contractor who was convicted and sentenced last year to five years in prison.
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