AMESBURY — City officials revealed earlier this week that they are investigating why as many 40 employees were victimized by tax fraud earlier this year and whether the schemes were hatched internally or externally.
“In late March, a number of city employees reported to IT that they had experienced tax fraud this season,” Mayor Kassandra Gove said in statement Monday.
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