South Texas Couple Pleads Guilty to Tax Charges
Anna Allen and Martin Armendariz of El Paso, Texas, on 8 August pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to tax crimes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice...
Texas Man Convicted of Filing False Tax Returns and Corruptly Endeavoring to Impede the IRS
Wednesday, a Austin, Texas, businessman was convicted by a federal jury on four counts of filing false tax returns and corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy...
Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing and Filing False Tax Returns with the IRS
A Guilford County, North Carolina, resident pleaded guilty on 3 August to four counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’...
Georgia Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Refund Fraud
An Atlanta, Georgia, based tax return preparer pleaded on 1 August guilty to one count of wire fraud, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John A....
South Carolina Hospital to Pay $17 Million to Resolve False Claims Act and Stark Law Allegations
The Lexington County Health Services District Inc. d/b/a Lexington Medical Center located in West Columbia, South Carolina, has agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Physician Self-Referral Law (the Stark Law) and the...
United States Sues Former Executives of Government Contractor for Making False Claims in Connection with Reconstruction Contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq
The Justice Department announced on 28 July that the government has filed suit under the False Claims Act against Derish M. Wolff and Salvatore J. Pepe, respectively the former CEO and CFO of Louis Berger Group Inc. (LBG), for conspiring to overbill...
Georgia Couple Sentenced to Prison in a Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving IRS “Get Transcript” Database
An Austell, Georgia, couple was sentenced to prison for their role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John...
State Street Bank to Pay $382 Million to Settle Allegations of Fraudulent Foreign Currency Exchange Practices
U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz for the District of Massachusetts, Director Andrew J. Ceresney of the Division of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Secretary Thomas E. Perez of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), on 26...
