What, you never heard of a barber who makes house calls?
Two weeks before April 15, the Department of Justice files suit to shut down more than 125 franchised offices of Jackson Hewitt, the nation's second-largest tax preparer. The DoJ alleges that the franchisee had engaged in a "massive series of tax-fraud schemes" costing the government more than $70 million. In one instance, a Chicago barber declaring $14,000 in earnings claimed a fuel-tax credit for $50,000 of gasoline, which the DoJ says would "require him to drive 1,370 miles each day, seven days a week ... leaving little if any time to cut hair."
Last updated January 16 2008: 5:51 PM ET
