I'll make one other comment about the Western Union issue. A couple of months ago, I found it necessary to send money out of the country via Western Union several times. I found them to be very thorough in their identification process on both ends of the transaction.
What I observed was that Western Union does quite a bit of recordkeeping, because they have to identify both the sender (in order to protect the integrity of the transaction), and the recipient (to be sure they actually release the money to the right person.
I don't know this for a fact, but based on what I observed, I believe all your client would need to do is contact Western Union and they will likely be able to obtain a transcript of every transaction they did. If I'm right, they need to get busy doing exactly that. If I'm wrong, they need to get ready to write a check to the IRS.
What I observed was that Western Union does quite a bit of recordkeeping, because they have to identify both the sender (in order to protect the integrity of the transaction), and the recipient (to be sure they actually release the money to the right person.
I don't know this for a fact, but based on what I observed, I believe all your client would need to do is contact Western Union and they will likely be able to obtain a transcript of every transaction they did. If I'm right, they need to get busy doing exactly that. If I'm wrong, they need to get ready to write a check to the IRS.
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