Most CCH products were back on line as the work week ended on Friday, May 10.  Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting noted the need to scan and test each product and network as they were brought back up following this week’s malware-induced worldwide outage.

A California tax preparer utilized Form 1099-OID withholdings to seek $5.49 in phony tax refunds, a federal indictment allegedthis week. Cubby Wayne Williams, 63, of Alhambra, was indicted on 22 counts of assisting in preparation of phony returns for clients and four counts for preparing bogus returns for himself.

Wolters Kluwer has listed a number of applications and platforms that have been brought back on line after this week’s widespread technology systems outage. The company also notes it is in contact with law enforcement about what has been acknowledged as a maware attack.