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The president of a Michigan truck hauling business pleaded guilty in Detroit federal district court to wire fraud and to willfully failing to file a tax return, on July 12, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A Rogersville, Tennessee resident pleaded guilty today to filing a fraudulent multi-million dollar lien against a government employee and filing a false claim for a tax refund, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a software company in Sterling, Virginia, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the government by failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on June 29, announced Principal Deputy Assistant General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia.

A Honduran man, on June 27, pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to launder into the United States more than $1.3 million in foreign bribe payments and public funds from the Republic of Honduras. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Deputy Director Thomas D. Homan of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made the announcement.

The former chief financial officer of Bankrate Inc., a publicly traded financial services and marketing company formerly headquartered in North Palm Beach, Florida, on June 28, pleaded guilty for his role in orchestrating an accounting and securities fraud scheme that caused more than $25 million in shareholder losses.

A federal court in Boise, Idaho permanently enjoined Jonathan Peirsol from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced on June 27. Peirsol consented to the civil injunction order and admitted the allegations in the complaint. He previously pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return and, in May 2017, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison.

A former executive vice president of State Street Bank & Trust was convicted on June 26 by a federal jury in Boston in connection with engaging in a scheme to defraud at least six of the bank’s clients through secret commissions applied to billions of dollars of securities trades.

On June 25, a federal court in Miami permanently barred Jessyca Bernard from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced on June 25. The civil injunction order, to which Bernard agreed, was signed by Chief Judge K. Michael Moore of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

A former Killeen, Texas resident was sentenced to 42 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a false tax return and aggravated identity theft, on June 22, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A former officer of a software company in Sterling, Virginia, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the government by failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on June 22, announced Principal Deputy Assistant General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia.