The owner of a used-car dealership who admitted defrauding dozens of desperate customers is a longtime employee of the Internal Revenue Service.Imagine that.
At the same time Gina Colombo told authorities that she took advantage of poor and non-English-speaking customers at Uncle Joe's Auto Sales, she also worked at the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center in Phoenix.
An investigation by The Arizona Republic found that Colombo has been employed by the IRS since 1998 — and she remained employed after state prosecutors shut down Uncle Joe's and filed a consumer-fraud lawsuit against Colombo and her husband, Joseph Carrecia, in March.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Auto dealer who scammed customers works for IRS
USA Today reports: