Odd twist: Officials say meth bust turns up evidence of 1st-time homebuyer tax fraud

Odd twist: Officials say meth bust turns up evidence of 1st-time homebuyer tax fraud


By Press-Register staff

February 05, 2010, 7:49AM


ROCKLEDGE, Ala. -- Etowah County drug enforcement officials apparently made an unusual find when they raided an Etowah County mobile home where undercover methamphetamine buys were made.

The Thursday night raid uncovered evidence of an income tax fraud scheme involving the first-time home buyer's tax credit, the Gadsden Times reports.

The tax program allows first-time homebuyers to receive a refund of $8,000. The alleged tax fraud evidence will be turned over to the IRS and the FBI and authorities also confiscated several guns and other weapons, cash, and imported meth in the pure form known as ice, according to the Gadsden Times report.

Read the complete Gadsden Times account of the raid.