Meet Walewska (Wal) Watkins, a senior staff attorney working at LSNV’s Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic. In the past year, half of Wal’s workload included Crypto currency scams.

In this case, the client came to LSNV after being misled that he was hacked. These scammers, disguised as legitimate people and businesses, convinced him to move his investments into places that seemed real. In fact, it was all a scam. Thanks to Wal’s diligent work, they discovered a section of the tax code that protected the client. Not only did they eliminate his six-figure tax debt, but he ended up getting a substantial refund from the IRS and the State Taxation Department.