An Internal Revenue Service tax examiner in Northern Kentucky was arrested Thursday on charges that he illegally looked up the personal information of nearly 200 celebrities and professional athletes.The victims include Hollywood stars such as Kevin Bacon, Alec Baldwin, Sally Field, Vanna White of "Wheel of Fortune" fame and the late Eddie Albert of the classic sitcom "Green Acres."
The athletes include tennis champion Steffi Graf, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs players, and Bengals coach Marvin Lewis.
The tax examiner, John Snyder, is accused of looking up confidential information of 197 celebrities, one neighbor and four publishers over the past five years, according to an affidavit signed by Special Agent Daniel Carney of the office of Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.Snyder was caught when authorities audited who was accessing personal and tax information stored on a federal database called the Integrated Data Retrieval Systems, according to the affidavit.
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One of a million reasons to repeal the 16th amendment and do away with the slave masters in the IRS, and release us slaves that work five months out of every year for the federal government.
I'm all about that. One day I want to go to Mardi Gras, Daytona, a NCAA Tournament, etc.
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