Politics

U.S. Treasury Further Targets the Business Network of the Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on April 4 sanctioned seven Mexican companies linked to the Mexico-based Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) and its leader, Abigael Gonzalez Valencia....

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Pharmaceutical Executive Sold Fake Stock in Medical Research Company

Pharmaceutical executive Greg Ruehle issued fake stock certificates like...

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New Jersey Resident Indicted for Obstructing the Internal Revenue Laws and Theft of Public Money

A grand jury returned an indictment on March 23, which was unsealed Wednesday, charging a Jersey City, New Jersey, resident with one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the internal revenue laws and one count of theft of public money, announced...

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Former President of North Carolina Board of Funeral Service and His Business Partner Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud

The former President of the North Carolina Board of Funeral Service and his business partner were sentenced to prison on Tuesday for their involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Assistant Attorney...

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Federal Court Permanently Bars Detroit-Area Tax Preparer from Preparing Federal Tax Returns

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has issued an order permanently barring Mia Jordan, a Southfield, Michigan, tax preparer, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced on March 29. Jordan...

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Judge Orders New Jersey Investor to Serve a Year in Prison for Bid Rigging at Tax Lien Auctions

A former bidder for a Pennsylvania tax liens investment company was sentenced to serve a prison term of 12 months and one day and pay a $25,000 criminal fine for conspiring to rig bids at New Jersey tax lien auctions, the Department of Justice...

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Tennessee and New York-Based Defense Contractors Agree to Pay $8 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Involving Defective Countermeasure Flares Sold to the U.S. Army

The Department of Justice announced on Monday that Kilgore Flares Company and one of its subcontractors, ESM Group Inc., have agreed to pay a total of $8 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by selling or conspiring...

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Tennessee Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Failing to Pay More Than $6.8 Million in Employment Taxes

A Germantown, Tennessee, resident and business owner pleaded guilty to one count of failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s...

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