Individuals Be Aware Of Fraudsters Attempting To Steal Economic Impact Payments

INDIANAPOLIS – Hoosiers are facing challenging times to keep their families safe and avoid the spread of COVID-19, and unfortunately scammers are adding additional risk by taking advantage of the current health crisis. Newly-surfaced reports show scammers creating text messages, emails, websites and social media posts to pose as government entities and organizations to obtain financial information from individuals for personal gain.

The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) team continues to find ways to assist Hoosiers, which includes helping individuals identify scams to avoid falling victim.

Here are a few key signs of these scams:

• Emphasizes the terms “Stimulus Check” or “Stimulus Payment.” The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses the official term “economic impact payment.”
• Asks the individual to sign over their stimulus check.
• Asks by phone, email, text or social media for verification of personal and/or banking information to receive or speed up their stimulus check.
• Mails the individual a fake check and requests the individual to call a number or verify information online to cash it.

DOR recommends Hoosiers remain vigilant and work hard to identify these scam attempts. Never engage with potential scammers online or on the phone.

Individuals who receive emails, text messages or social media attempts to gather information that appears to be from DOR, the IRS or an organization closely linked to either government agency, such as the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS), should forward it to phishing@irs.gov.

Learn more about reporting suspected scams by going to the Report Phishing and Online Scams page on the IRS website.

Individuals can find official IRS information about the COVID-19 pandemic and economic impact payments on the IRS Coronavirus Tax Relief web page. For information on COVID-19 related changes to DOR operations and ongoing taxpayer relief, visit DOR’s Coronavirus webpage at dor.in.gov/7870.htm.

 

Evansville Police Department

Police Pension Board

PUBLIC NOTICE

 

COMBINDED PUBLIC NOTICE of EXECUTIVE SESSION

and RELOCATION of PUBLIC MEETING of the

EVANSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT PENSION BOARD

The Evansville Police Department Police Pension Board will hold an Executive Session on Thursday, April 9, 2020, at 8:15 a.m.  The Meeting will be held in the Locust Meeting Rooms “BC” of the Old National Events Plaza (“ONEP”), located at 715 Locust Street in Evansville, Indiana.  The Executive Session will be closed for discussion of records classified as confidential by state or federal statute ( I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(7)) and to receive information about prospective employees (I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1(b)(5)).  Immediately following the Executive Session, a regular Open Session will be held in by the Pension Board.

The public is welcome to attend the Open Session, but, pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order 20-08 of March 23, 2020, the Statement and General Guidance of the Public Access Counselor Regarding the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Event, and CDC and ISDH requirements, public attendance will be limited to a maximum of ten (10) people with first preference given to the media. In accordance with the PAC’s guidance, the following accommodations will be made: 

• A portion of those individuals present must include representatives from the media or the public. 
• Access into ONEP will be limited to the Locust 2 Door.
• No admittance will be allowed until five (5) minutes before the start of the meeting.
• Admittance into ONEP will be limited to ten (10) persons.
• Other reasonable restriction on social distancing and movement may be made at the discretion of the Pension Board’s President.
• Any person attempting to enter may be subject to denial if displaying symptoms of COVID-19.

Notices and agendas for public meetings may be posted solely by electronic means during the duration of the Governor’s Emergency Declaration. 

EVSC educators respond to local and national calls for help. Using 3D printers, a group of teachers and staff are busy creating masks for the local community organizations. Michael Stauth, EVSC student data analyst began by contacting several groups and Ivy Tech’s Donna Zimmerman accepted his offer. Stauth, a 26 year retired US Air Force Flight Nurse, knows the meaning of teamwork so he sat down over spring break and started making face shields and he is still going strong with over 275.

Harrison High School media specialist, Gayle Kiesel and fellow EVSC educator Kerry Sensenbrenner joined Stauth’s cause. Kiesel realized she could help by connecting makers with people who want to help buy supplies for masks. Mackin Group donated rolls of filament plastic but more is needed. Each face shield takes approximately 18 meters or 52 grams of PLA filament. Right now each maker is funding filament or the fabric costs. Kiesel is asking supporters to donate to the EVSC Foundation to fulfill requests from the community. Earlier this week, Urban Seeds requested masks as well as local food service and security companies.

EVSC Makers group is using PRUSA.org files and files from Ivy Tech’s grass roots team https://3dprint.nih.gov/collections/covid-19-response

This is an important fundraiser to continue serving not only the EVSC community but also the Evansville community. This is one way EVSC is helping our community by making plastic shields to go over fabric masks. The EVSC Foundation is matching donations up to $2,000.