USCIS Provides Greater Flexibility in Processing Work Authorization Requests for Asylum Applicants
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on June 19,2020 announced a regulatory change to provide greater flexibility in the processing of initial employment authorization documents (commonly called EADs) for asylum applicants by removing the...
Operators of California Charity Plead Guilty to Mail Fraud Conspiracy and Tax Evasion
A California couple pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail fraud and tax evasion, on June 9, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Robert S. Brewer,...
Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Fraudulent Chicagoland Tax Return Business
The United States has filed a complaint seeking to permanently bar Markham, Illinois tax preparer Patricia Rivers, her daughter-in-law, Ki’esha M. Gary, and Rivers’s business, Alpha II Omega Tax, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the...
Justice Department Files Its First Enforcement Action Against COVID-19 Fraud
The Department of Justice announced on March 22 that it has taken its first action in federal court to combat fraud related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The enforcement action filed on March 22 in Austin against operators of a fraudulent...
Brooklyn Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Preparing Fraudulent Returns
A Brooklyn, New York, tax return preparer was sentenced to 15 months in prison for preparing false returns for his clients and himself, on March 6, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s...
A federal grand jury in Tulsa, Oklahoma, returned an indictment last Wednesday charging a Bristow, Oklahoma, business owner with filing false tax returns, on March 6, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the...
