Man claims IRS agent coerced sex by threatening tax penalty
EUGENE, Ore. -- A Fall Creek resident filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Government and an IRS agent that he alledges pressured him into sex by threatening a tax penalty.
The law firm representing Vincent Burroughs filed the suit with the U.S. District Court in Eugene on Jan. 25 "as a result to coersive conduct by Defendant (Dora) Abrahamson," an Internal Revenue Service agent from Cottage Grove.
Burroughs claims that in August of 2011 Abrahamson called him and said he would be audited by the IRS. He claims that at the time he didn't know her.
Burroughs says that he had not met Abrahamson before those calls, nor had he heard that he was being audited by the IRS.
"She was sending me texts that she wanted to come out, give me massages because she needed to help me relax," Burroughs said in a phone interview with KVAL News.
Over the next two months, Burroughs alledges that Abrahamson sent him several flirtatious text messages - offering to give massages, asking to meet him, and sending racy photos of herself to his cell phone.
"She said she knew more than my mother knew about me," said Burroughs.
In the lawsuit, Burroughs says in September 2011 Abrahamson came to his home wearing provocative attire.
"Next thing I know, she's at my gate, honking...so I opened my gate, she came into my property dressed exactly like she texted me," Burroughs said.
The lawsuit states: "She said that she could impose no penalty, or a 40% penalty, and that if he would give her what she wanted, she would give him what she needed."
As a result, Burroughs had sex with Abrahamson in his home that night.
In the lawsuit, Burroughs says he was "sexually harassed and intimidated."
Officials with the IRS were not available for comment when KVAL News called them on Friday.
Burroughs is seeking restitution from the U.S. governemt for the IRS's part in employing Abrahamson and not properly enforcing their rules involving the privacy act.
Does she have pretty feet?
Check in Vince's back ground all the way back... knowing him personally... yeah. He's full of it.
Give me a break here...she was harassing him 2 months before her actual appearance at his home, not to mention he had so called text messages and pictures of her feet "prior to"....Lets see......with all that ammunition "prior to" why not step up to the plate and touch base with the IRS in the first place for a little "employee verification"...at least check into their policies and procedures regarding "bedside manner"
THEY'RE TAKING MY COMPUTER,  AND MY BLACKBERRY. THEY SAID NO MORE TEXT FOR YOU.
I JUST GOT A CALL FROM THE I.R.S.  THEY READ MY COMMENT, AND THEY ARE UNHAPPY
DON'T COME AUDIT ME NOW
JUST KIDDING I.R.S.
good example of the government screwing it's citizens...
As a female WE should understand these pressures. If it had of been a male agent we would be all over it. Why oh why can't we make ourselves understand this mans plight. I feel for him. He had to have felt worthless. I say the skank should be fired and sued. it would serve the IRS right. I don't believe this is the first complaint, the others have been swept under the rug.
BUT HE STILL HAD SEX WITH HER WOW!.. HE'S SO STUPID THEY SHOULD PUT HIM AND JAIL TOO. IT SEEN LIKE THEY BOTH WERE WORKING TOGETHER BY BOTH GETTING WHAT THEY WANTED
Did he leave a deposit?
 @KaptKos Omg That comment is so awesome that I actually Synced my FB with this so I could reply !! GENIUS !!! I LOVE IT !!! :XD
Pics or it didn't happen!
He should have turned this woman in right away, rather than having sex with her in then turning her in. That part doesn't make sense. He would have had a stronger case if he didn't give into her.
 @jerry gord Plus Plus he mighta needed to "Collect More Substantial Evidence".. :XD
 @ThisIsMegaSilly  @jerry gord Every comment on here is unbelievable! You all must be obama freaks. This man was taken advantage of and SHE should be punished to the FULL extent of the LAW! No wonder this country is in such a mess! Jesus is watching YOU ALL! What a bunch of freaks posting on here! I will pray for you all, God knows you need it!
@jerry gord depends what she looked like. Let's not get stupid.
Talk about getting screwed by the IRS!
Well, this just proves the IRS isn't just satisfied with a few bucks - they want it all. Â When a high ranking fed screws up (i.e., State Department , etc) they get "fired" by being transferred to a better job out of sight somewhere 'til the heat blows over. Â Then, like Madam Clinton, the response is "What does it matter now?"
I'm so surprised that the United States government would do something wrong.... LOL
This is just another example of how screwed up people are becoming, and lawyers supporting it. What a way to make a living. No honor, no truth, just a bunch of crazy people. Wow!
Sorry, but this story doesn't pass the "smell" test. I'm sort of surprised that this guy even worked enough to get a W-2 or file taxes in the first place. It is a scam and I wonder if the two of them even planned the whole thing together. I hope the judge gets a hearty laugh out of this before he dismisses the case.
 @Just Duckee I think there should be a wood stove in the court room- so the Judge can throw this case directly into the fire and move on to REAL cases.Â
@Just Duckee I agree with you that something is rotten here, but I surely would not count on a judge to figure that out, after all judges are lawyers, and a lawyer took the case.
 @souptonuts  @Just If the victim has the photographs and the emails, he has a very good case. Â
 @LifeisGOOD007  @Reis Kash  @souptonuts Every comment on here is unbelievable! You all must be obama freak robots! This man was taken advantage of and She should be punished by the Full extent of the LAW! No wonder this country is in such a mess with your types of thinking! This country is falling apart and you all think it is funny and make stupid comments. Jesus is watching you all! What a bunch of obama freaks that need prayed for NOW, so I will do that now, God knows you all need it!
 @Reis Kash  @souptonuts VICTIM? This man is NOT a victim. Yes maybe she should be fired for conduct unbecoming...but THAT"S IT!!!  Two consenting adults had sex. Nothing more nothing less. Move along folks...
This story is hilarious! He had sex with her for a break in his taxes and when she showed up at his door he OPENED the door, let her in- she was scantily dressed- which of course he couldn't control himself and the two consenting adults had sex. Now he wants a pay out?! Hahahahahaha!!!!
Sounds like a disgruntled IRS temp dispatch. She is not an agent. She is just another temp that the IRS jobs out like all other money grubbing entities are doing everywhere.
Even the microchips in our US passports are/were jobbed out and manufactured in Malaysia, Jakarta i believe.
Because she is a temp and not a full-fledged agent, the IRS will wash their hands of it. And we will never here of this again.
I wish I could sleep with someone to pay my taxes.
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@Michael Michaels ---parents that don't love each other anymore do it all the time.
I see female victims of sexual harassment all the time. In prisons, jails, offices, schools. This man has just as much right to file a complaint as anyone else does. As long as he is being truthful. Hope he saved the texts, all of them, and the photos, all of them.Â
As this case moves forward, I'm ever so curious to see pictures of both Burroughs and Abrahmson.Â
@hewhoo Agree. This is a story that just screams for photos.