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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 Department’s Tax Division.

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 Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. Hakim has been in custody since April 12, 2019. He was arrested and jailed after he failed to appear for his original sentencing date.

Gas marketer B. Charles Rogers Gas Ltd. (BCR), which operated in the San Juan Basin area of New Mexico and southern Colorado, and its owners Billy Charles Rogers Jr. and Wynon Rogers, of Fort Worth, Texas, have agreed to pay $3.575 million to resolve False Claims Act (FCA) allegations that they caused reduced mineral royalty payments to the United States, the Department of Justice announced on May 1st.

A resident of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and a resident of Boca Raton, Florida, each pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Michigan to failing to collect, truthfully account for, and pay over payroll taxes, on May 1st, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A former resident of Durant, Mississippi, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for preparing and filing a fraudulent claim for a tax refund with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on April 30, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst of the Southern District of Mississippi.

The owner of a Greenville, Ohio, glass company pleaded guilty to failing to truthfully account for and pay over employment taxes, on April 30, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A South Florida doctor residing in Hobe Sound, Florida, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for tax evasion, wire fraud, and Social Security disability fraud, on April 29, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida.

Gary D. Newsome, former CEO of Health Management Associates LLC (HMA), a hospital chain that was headquartered in Naples, Florida, has agreed to pay the United States $3.46 million to settle allegations that he caused HMA to knowingly submit false claims to government health care programs by admitting patients who could have been treated on a less costly, outpatient basis, the Department of Justice announced.

A Long Island, New York, business owner pleaded guilty to tax evasion, on April 29, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

On Friday, a federal court in Detroit, Michigan, found Dieasha Davis in civil contempt of a permanent injunction barring her from operating a tax return preparation business and preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced.