The arrestees, using their knowledge of the controls surrounding construction contract procurement and payment and the weaknesses and enforcement of these controls, were able to falsify source documentation, effectively override invoice and payment controls, and facilitate overpayments to the contractor for their own personal monetary gain.
McGowen, who lacked knowledge and experience in tax law, reasonably believed that a portion of her settlement payment was not taxable and in good faith did not report that portion of the settlement payment on her 2006 return.
Processing of Chapter 13 payment plans, for example, went haywire when it was transferred to inexperienced groups with no knowledge of the rules that differ across fifty states.