Politics

New York Tax Return Preparation Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Preparing False Tax Returns

A Staten Island, New York, tax return preparer and business owner was sentenced to prison for preparing false federal income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, on...

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U.S. Department of Defense Employee in Korea Pleads Guilty to Illegally Obtaining More than $141,000 in Government Housing Allowance Funds

A civilian employee of the U.S. Department of Defense’s 501st Military Intelligence Brigade pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia to illegally obtaining over $141,561 in Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) funds, on April 6.

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Kansas Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Returns

The owner of a tax return preparation business in Kansas City, Kansas, Wednesday pleaded guilty to preparing false income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S....

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Two Former Senior Executives of Global Financial Services Company Charged in Scheme to Defraud Clients through Secret Trading Commissions on Billions of Dollars in Securities Trades

Two former high-ranking executives of a Boston-based financial services company that is one of the world’s largest asset managers and custody banks were charged in an indictment that was unsealed Tuesday with a scheme to defraud at least six of the...

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Former Oregon Resident Sentenced to Prison for Role in One Million Dollar Tax Fraud Scheme

A former resident of Portland, Oregon was sentenced to 37 months in prison for her role in a tax refund fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, on April 5.

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Montana Husband and Wife Indicted for Tax Fraud

A federal grand jury sitting in Billings, Montana, returned an indictment on Feb. 17, which was unsealed on April 5, charging a Saint Ignatius, Montana, couple with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and three counts of tax evasion,...

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Wind Farm Investment Scam

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Singapore Man Extradited to United States in Connection with Plot Involving Exports to Iran of U.S. Components Later Found in Bombs in Iraq

Lim Yong Nam, aka Steven Lim, 42, a citizen of Singapore, has been extradited from Indonesia to stand trial in the District of Columbia on charges of taking part in a conspiracy that allegedly caused thousands of radio frequency modules to be...

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