Politics

Tennessee Woman Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Claims for Refund

A Nashville, Tennessee, on 22 August woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison for filing false claims for refund, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S....

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Tennessee Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Failing to Pay More Than $8 Million in Employment Taxes

A Germantown, Tennessee, on 19 August resident and business owner was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay more than $10 million in restitution for failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced...

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Federal Court Orders Florida Tax Return Preparer to Stop Preparing Federal Tax Returns for Others

Last Friday a federal court in Miami, Florida, permanently enjoined Rose M. Chazulle and her company, RMC Professional Services Corporation, from preparing federal tax returns for others. The defendants agreed to the civil injunction orders entered...

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Harley-Davidson to Stop Sales of Illegal Devices that Increased Air Pollution from the Company’s Motorcycles

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on 18 August announced a settlement with Harley-Davidson, Inc., Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company, Inc., and Harley-...

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Former Nevada Liquor Store Owner Convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Assisting in Filing False Corporate Returns and Tax Evasion

A federal jury sitting in the District of Nevada found the former co-owner of three Las Vegas, Nevada, liquor stores guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States, assisting in filing false corporate tax returns and tax evasion, announced...

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Northern California Restaurant Owner Pleads Guilty to Obstructing the Internal Revenue Laws and Harboring Illegal Aliens for Profit

A Ukiah, California, restaurateur pleaded on 17 August guilty before U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen for the Northern District of California to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the due administration of the internal revenue laws and to harboring...

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Former Vice President of Wholesale Tool Company Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in $9 Million Bank Fraud Scheme

The former vice president of a California wholesale tool company was sentenced to 63 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud East West Bank that resulted in losses of over $9 million, on August 17.

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Maryland Tax Return Preparer Held in Contempt of Court for Violating Court Order Barring Her from Preparing Tax Returns

A federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, held Barbara Lynn McCarthy in contempt for preparing federal income tax returns in violation of a prior order that prohibited her from acting as a return preparer. In 2014, the District Court enjoined McCarthy...

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