North Carolina Resident Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud
A Charlotte, North Carolina, area resident was sentenced to 41 months in prison on Monday for his involvement in a fraudulent tax return scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division...
New Orleans Jury Convicts Company Owner and Doctor for Roles in $34 Million Fraud Scheme
A federal jury in New Orleans convicted the owner of a health care company and a doctor for their roles in a $34 million Medicare fraud scheme that operated over the course of seven years in New Orleans and surrounding communities.
Former Executive of Defense Contractor Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for $30 Million Fraud Scheme
A former executive of a Singapore-based defense contracting firm was sentenced to 63 months in prison for his participation in a fraud scheme that over-billed the U.S. Navy by more than $34 million for ship husbanding services, on March 18.
Multi-Agency Effort Disrupts U.S. Treasury Check-Cashing and Identity Theft Ring
Former CEO of Canadian Hazardous Waste Treatment Company Convicted of Conspiracy to Pay Kickbacks and Committing Major Fraud against the United States
The former Chief Executive Officer of a firm that specialized in the treatment and disposal of contaminated soil was convicted in the District of New Jersey of conspiring to pay kickbacks and committing major fraud against the United States in...
North Carolina Man Sentenced to Prison for Bankruptcy and Tax Fraud
A Burlington, North Carolina, man was sentenced on Wednesday to 24 months in prison for bankruptcy fraud and tax fraud, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of the Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney...
Oregon Man Charged with Using Fictitious Financial Instruments and Failing to File Income Tax Returns
A federal grand jury sitting in Portland, Oregon, returned a superseding indictment charging a Hillsboro on March 15, Oregon man with 13 counts of making, presenting and transmitting fictitious financial instruments and six counts of willfully failing...
Owner of Costa Rican Call Center Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Defrauding Elderly through Sweepstakes Scam
A dual U.S.-Costa Rican citizen was sentenced on Monday to 108 months in prison for his role in a $1.88 million sweepstakes fraud scheme that victimized hundreds of elderly U.S. residents, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the...
