Politics

Justice Department Asks Federal Court to Shut Down Utah Promoters of Solar Energy Tax Fraud Scheme

Two Utah companies are running a nationwide abusive scheme that purports to use false tax deductions and claims of the solar energy credit to reduce their customers’ federal income tax liability, according to a complaint filed Monday by the Justice...

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University of Florida Agrees to Pay $19.875 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

The University of Florida (UF) has agreed to pay the United States $19.875 million to settle allegations that the university improperly charged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for salary and administrative costs on hundreds of...

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Bakersfield, California, Police Narcotics Detective Charged with Bribery, Drug Trafficking, Obstruction and Filing False Tax Returns

Damacio Diaz, 43, of McFarland, California, a detective with the Bakersfield, California, Police Department (BPD), was arrested on November 20, charged with abusing his position of trust as a police detective when he conspired with and assisted a...

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Portland Man Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement and Making False Entries in Credit Union Records

United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that John C. Barry, 69, of Portland, pled guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to embezzlement and making false entries in credit union records.

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Lewisburg Man Charged with Tax Evasion

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that Brian Bolus of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, owner of BPK Management has been charged with income tax evasion.

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Partner at New York Accounting Firm Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court in Multi-Million-Dollar Accounting Fraud Scheme

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that MARC WIESELTHIER, a...

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Louisiana Business Owners Plead Guilty to Filing False Individual Income Tax Returns

Two owners of a Metairie, Louisiana, business each pleaded guilty to one count of willfully filing false 2011 income tax returns on November 18, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division...

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Oregon Attorney Indicted for Employment Tax Fraud

A federal grand jury sitting in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment Tuesday charging a resident of Lake Oswego, Oregon, with 10 counts of willfully failing to collect, truthfully account for and pay over federal employment taxes to the United...

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