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Roger Eichenholtz, 70, of Westchester County, New York, was charged by indictment with one count of communicating threats, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. After losing civil litigation over a business, Eichenholtz sent a numbering of harassing e-mails to his opponents threatening further litigation. On September 24, 2013, Eichenholtz sent another e-mail threatening civil and criminal litigation.

In El Paso, Roberto “Bobby” Ruiz, a former representative for New York–based financial services firm Bear Stearns, was sentenced to two years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a “pay- to-play” scheme uncovered during the ongoing public corruption investigation in El Paso, announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division.

Gary Mach, of Palm Desert, Calif., was sentenced to 16 months in prison, two months of house arrest, and 18 months of probation and ordered to pay $270,725 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice Department and IRS announced. Mach previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States on Aug. 18, 2013.

In Brownsville last night, United States District Judge Andrew Hanen sentenced 51–year-old Austin attorney Marc Garrett Rosenthal to 20 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay $13,288,984 restitution for his role in a South Texas bribery scheme, announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez, San Antonio Division; Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena, Houston Field Division; Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Acting Special Agent In Charge Bernard Butler; and Brownsville Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez.

The government has filed a complaint against Canton, Ohio-based TAB Construction Co. Inc. (TAB) and its owner, William E. Richardson III, for allegedly making false statements to the Small Business Administration (SBA) to obtain certification as a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) company, the Justice Department announced.

The United States filed a lawsuit in The District of New Jersey to bar Eric Majette of Somerville, N.J., from preparing federal tax returns, the Justice Department announced. As alleged in the complaint, Majette owned and operated a tax preparation business named “Berrisford Group” with offices in Plainfield and Somerville.

The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit in a federal court in Memphis to stop Stephanie Edmond and her businesses, the Tax Factory and Tax Factory Enterprise Inc., from preparing federal income tax returns. According to the complaint, Edmond and her businesses have prepared more than 9,000 tax returns since 2011.

Michael Edwards pleaded guilty to one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and one count of mail fraud, t he Justice Department and IRS announced. Both charges arise from Edwards’ operation of his tax return preparation business Boston Financial Associates (BFA) and Edwards’ misappropriation of income tax refunds from two of his clients in 2009.

Clarence Hicks, of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced to serve 57 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $210,555.62 in restitution for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama.

Abdul Razaq, an orthopedic surgeon in La Plata, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States Department of Treasury by taking fraudulent tax deductions as part of a decades-long scheme to conceal the transfer of at least $3.5 million from the government of Pakistan to fund lobbying efforts in America related to Kashmir.