In January 2026, in the District of Utah, former IRS employee Rodney Quinn Rupe was sentenced to 12 months and a day imprisonment for wire fraud after he abused his position and attempted to steal more than $2 million in tax credits.

The sentence comes after Rupe pleaded guilty in June 2025, to wire fraud. The court also sentenced Rupe to two years of supervised release.

According to court documents, in April 2022, Rupe accessed IRS systems and moved tax credits in the amount of $2,021,986 from ExxonMobil’s taxpayer account to a taxpayer account for Ex XO Exteriors Ltd., a company Rupe created and controlled. In September 2023, Rupe transferred the tax credits to the 2019 tax year account for his company, which resulted in a refund check being issued to Ex XO Exteriors Ltd. Rupe unsuccessfully attempted to deposit the refund check multiple times in 2024 before being arrested.