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A Nashville, Tennessee, on 22 August woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison for filing false claims for refund, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney David Rivera for the Middle District of Tennessee.

A Germantown, Tennessee, on 19 August resident and business owner was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay more than $10 million in restitution for failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III of the Western District of Tennessee.

Last Friday a federal court in Miami, Florida, permanently enjoined Rose M. Chazulle and her company, RMC Professional Services Corporation, from preparing federal tax returns for others. The defendants agreed to the civil injunction orders entered against them.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on 18 August announced a settlement with Harley-Davidson, Inc., Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company, Inc., and Harley-Davidson Motor Company Operations, Inc. (collectively Harley-Davidson), that requires the companies to stop selling and to buy back and destroy illegal devices that increase air pollution from their motorcycles, and to sell only models of these devices that are certified to meet Clean Air Act emissions standards.

A federal jury sitting in the District of Nevada found the former co-owner of three Las Vegas, Nevada, liquor stores guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States, assisting in filing false corporate tax returns and tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada.

A Ukiah, California, restaurateur pleaded on 17 August guilty before U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen for the Northern District of California to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the due administration of the internal revenue laws and to harboring illegal aliens for profit, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch of the Northern District of California, Special Agent in Charge Ryan Spradlin of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).

The former vice president of a California wholesale tool company was sentenced to 63 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud East West Bank that resulted in losses of over $9 million, on August 17.

A federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, held Barbara Lynn McCarthy in contempt for preparing federal income tax returns in violation of a prior order that prohibited her from acting as a return preparer. In 2014, the District Court enjoined McCarthy, who formerly operated as Barbara’s Tax Service, from preparing tax returns.

A Miami man pleaded guilty to charges related to his role in a $4.2 million home health care fraud scheme on 15 August.

Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Shimon R. Richmond of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Miami Regional Office made the announcement.

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment on July 28, which was unsealed on 11 August, charging two Florida income tax return preparers with one count of conspiring to defraud the United States and nine counts each of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal income tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.