April 10,2002

**REVISED NOTICE** Baucus Announces Hearing on Schemes, Scams and Cons, Part II: The IRS Strikes Back

Revised Notice

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Baucus Announces Hearing on Schemes, Scams and Cons, Part II: The IRS Strikes Back

Hearing: Schemes, Scams and Cons, Part II: The IRS Strikes Back

Date/Time: April 11, 2002, at 10 a.m.

Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Description: Schemes, Scams and Cons, Part II: The IRS Strikes Back is the follow up to the hearing held last April 5, 2001. The hearing will focus on various improper and illegal tax avoidance schemes,including the use of credit/debit cards to access offshore bank accounts established to conceal taxable income. Witnesses invited to testify involve a panel of scam participants, victims, prosecutors and fraudexperts. Another panel of officials from the IRS, TIGTA and GAO will provide a progress report on the government’s effort to detect and prosecute noncompliance.

Witness List

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Please note additional witnesses

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The Honorable Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Washington D.C.Michael Brostek, Director of Tax Issues, GAO, Washington D.C.

The Honorable David Williams, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Washington D.C. Dr. Daniel Bullock, Former Orthopedic Surgeon, Atwater, CA.

Jennifer Sodaro, Defense Attorney for Daniel Bullock, Scottsdale, AZ.

Robert Spears, Retired Insurance Salesman, Traverse City, MI.

Mary Elaine Spears, Wife of Robert Spears, Traverse City, MI.

Kelly Stone, Belgrade, MT.

Jack T. Blum, Attorney, Washington D.C.

Ronald Cimino, Chief, Western Criminal Enforcement Section, Tax Division, D.O.J.,Washington D.C.Donald Daniels, Executive Council, U.S. Attorneys Office, Western District of Michigan, Grand Rapids,MI.