AVOID BOASTING

Monday – July 12, 2021

Posted
"Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough?" - 1 Corinthians 5:6
 
In 2011, Rashia Wilson of Tampa, Florida boasted she was the "queen of IRS tax fraud" on her Facebook page while stealing as much as $20 million, according to court documents.
From at least April 2009 through September 2012, Wilson and her co-conspirator, Maurice J. Larry, engaged in a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by negotiating fraudulently obtained tax refunds. They did so by receiving U.S. Treasury checks and pre-paid debit cards loaded with proceeds derived from filing false and fraudulent federal income tax. 
A prosecutor said Wilson used the money stolen from taxpayers for "personal greed and glorification." Wilson bought a $90,000 car and a $30,000 birthday party for her 1-year-old daughter with the money, according to court documents.
She was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and being a felon in possession of firearms. The Court also ordered her to forfeit $2,240,096.39, which constitutes the proceeds traceable to the offense.
 
Boasting is foolish pride that the Lord hates.  Today in prayer, confess and pride in your life and seek to live a life of humility. 
 
"Grace puts its hand on the boasting mouth and shuts it once for all." – Charles H. Spurgeon
 
God's Word: "As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil." - James 4:16