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New USVI scam seeks credit card info through fake IRS lawsuit
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A new scam making the rounds in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) seeks to defraud residents of their credit card info by using an Internal Revenue Service-related, authentic-looking scheme, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department [VIPD] Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced Tuesday, June 13, 2017.
VI & Cayman To Enter Into FATCA Model 1 Agreements With United States
By Jonathan Culshaw, Ross Munro & Peter RN Tarn
(MONDAQ)- The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, commonly referred to as FATCA, became effective earlier this year, and foreign financial institutions ("FFIs") in every jurisdiction, including in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") and the Cayman Islands, will be required to make certain reports to the US Internal Revenue Services (the "US IRS").