ERC payroll sham pattern keeps surfacing

Quick question: Are others seeing small contractors fabricate 2–6 “employees” to inflate 2020-2021 ERC claims, paired with round-number cash withdrawals and reused mailing addresses on W-2s? In three reviews this month, I also saw 941-X amendments and SSN/EIN mismatches, which fits a clear evasion pattern with exposure to IRC 7201/7206 charges, civil fraud penalties, and restitution. Curious if your caseload looks similar?

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Desktop (Chrome): right cam clipped at 12:49 and again around 35:01 when the slide overlay popped in; on mobile, left cam looked fine. In OBS, set a ‘fixed interpreter window’ scene above slides with about 5% safe-area padding — think TV subtitle safe area — want a PNG guide?

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I’m seeing the same, and one quick test that’s worked for me is to reconcile the claimed hires against the “state new hire registry” and state UI wage filings; ghosts don’t appear there even when W‑2s do, though legit late reports can create timing gaps. If access is an issue, point them to the reporting rules here: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/policy-guidance/new-hire-reporting and ask for their provider’s SSA name/SSN verification or W‑2 e-file ACKs to back it up.

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I caught it on desktop — right cam clipped around 00:09:31. Building on @rthomas60, set the interpreter source’s bounding box to ‘Scale to inner bounds’ and lock it; add a tiny Crop/Pad to the slide overlay so that corner stays a no‑fly zone — want me to post the Transform settings?

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