Politics

Alabama Resident and Former U.S. Postal Worker Sentenced to Prison for Involvement in Stolen Identity Tax Fraud Ring

A Seale, Alabama, resident and former U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced Wednesday to serve more than five years in prison for her role in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) conspiracy, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo...

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Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Fraud

An Ashland, Virginia, man who operated two masonry contractor construction companies pleaded guilty Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to one count of failing to collect, account for and pay over employment taxes...

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Missouri Tax Preparation Business Owner Indicted for Tax Evasion

The owner of a St. Louis, Missouri, tax return preparation business was arrested Tuesday after a federal grand jury sitting in St. Louis returned an indictment on February 18 charging two counts of tax evasion, announced Acting Assistant Attorney...

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Four Pennsylvania-Based Companies and Two Individuals Agree to Pay $3 Million to Settle False Claims Act Suit Alleging Evaded Customs Duties

The Department of Justice announced Monday that three importers and their owners – Ameri-Source International Inc., Ameri-Source Specialty Products Inc., Ameri-Source Holdings Inc., Ajay Goel and Thomas Diener – and a related importer, SMC Machining...

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Auto Broker Who Used Salvage Vehicles as Taxis Sentenced

Every day in communities around the nation, the FBI works with its state and local partners to identify and arrest criminals who threaten public safety—including terrorist groups, violent gangs, drug trafficking enterprises, and producers of...

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North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty in Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

A Raleigh, North Carolina, man pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy to commit theft of public money and one count of theft of public money, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division...

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VimpelCom Limited and Unitel LLC Enter into Global Foreign Bribery Resolution of More Than $795 Million; United States Seeks $850 Million Forfeiture in Corrupt Proceeds of Bribery Scheme

Amsterdam-based VimpelCom Limited, the world’s sixth-largest telecommunications company and an issuer of publicly traded securities in the United States, and its wholly owned Uzbek subsidiary, Unitel LLC, entered into resolutions with the Department...

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Two Former Arkansas Officials Sentenced for Bribery Scheme

A former deputy director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS), a multibillion-dollar state agency, and a former probation officer in Crittenden County, Arkansas, and West Memphis, Arkansas, councilmember were sentenced Thursday in...

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