Politics

Alabama Husband and Wife Business Owners Plead Guilty to Payroll Tax Fraud

A Crane Hill couple pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama to failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on May 23, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard...

Alabama Husband and Wife Business Owners Plead Guilty to Payroll Tax Fraud

A Crane Hill couple pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama to failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on May 23th, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General...

Mississippi Accountant Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Tax Fraud

A locally prominent certified public accountant (CPA) was sentenced to five years in prison in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on May 23th, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and United States Attorney Mike Hurst for...

Four Michigan Defendants Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS and Steal From an Organization Receiving Federal Funds

Four individuals in Flint, Michigan, pleaded guilty to conspiring to impede the lawful functions of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and steal from an organization receiving federal funds, on May 22nd, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney...

Former Georgia County Commissioner Indicted on Extortion and Bribery Charges

A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia has returned a three-count indictment against a former commissioner in DeKalb County, Georgia, for extorting bribe payments from a DeKalb County subcontractor. Assistant Attorney General Brian...

Precious Metals Broker in Brooklyn Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion

A resident of Dania Beach, Florida, was sentenced to prison for evading income tax and aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns, on May 3rd, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice...

Precious Metals Broker in Brooklyn Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion

A resident of Dania Beach, Florida, was sentenced to prison for evading income tax and aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns, on May 3rd, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice...

Georgia Precious Metals Broker Sentenced to Prison for Willfully Failing to File Tax Returns

An Atlanta precious metals broker was sentenced to 21 months in prison following his Dec. 12, 2018, conviction by a federal jury on three counts of failing to file income tax returns, on May 2nd, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General...