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Tax Collectors Mine Social Sites for Scofflaws

by Ross Weber — last modified Aug 27, 2009 04:20 PM

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Another reason to secure your online privacy.

Tax deadbeats are finding someone actually reads their MySpace and Facebook postings: the taxman.

State revenue agents have begun nabbing scofflaws by mining information posted on social-networking Web sites, from relocation announcements to professional profiles to financial boasts.

Read more from The Wall Street Journal's Laura Saunders.

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Weblog Authors: Ross Weber

Location: Chicago, Ill.

Ross comes to TCAG from Wisconsin by way of Washington, D.C., where, after graduating from The George Washington University with a degree in international affairs, he oversaw communications activities for an elected official and state government relations efforts for Fortune 500 and non-profit organizations.