Federal Government Contractor Pleads Guilty to Accepting Kickbacks and Tax Evasion
An Enterprise, Alabama, resident pleaded guilty on Friday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to accepting unlawful kickbacks and tax evasion, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice...
Louisiana Man Sentenced for Involvement in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
A resident of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Assistant Attorney...
Operation Northern Spotlight: American-Canadian Partnership Combats Human Trafficking
The FBI joined law enforcement officials from across Canada in Toronto on October 22 to announce the results of Operation Northern Spotlight, a human trafficking investigation that led to the recovery of 20 sexually exploited juveniles and the arrests...
Former Connecticut Resident Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison for Attempting to Send U.S. Military Technology to Iran.
Mozaffar Khazaee, 61, formerly of Manchester, Connecticut, was sentenced on October 23, to 97 months in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant of the District of Connecticut for violating the Arms Export...
Retired Air Force Master Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Disclosing Confidential Bid Information for Government Contracts and Tax Fraud
A retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to unlawfully disclosing confidential procurement information and filing a false tax return, announced Acting Assistant...
Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Southeast Florida Tax Return Preparers and Owners of “Tax Mon$Ter” and “Tax Pros” Tax Preparation Businesses
The United States filed a civil injunction suit seeking to bar Christopher Lawrence and Kenneth Aikens from owning, operating or franchising a tax return preparation business and from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced...
Alabama Man Sentenced for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
A Montgomery County, Alabama, resident was sentenced to prison Thursday for his involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Assistant Attorney Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney...
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank Admits to Sanctions Violations, Agrees to Forfeit $312 Million
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CACIB), a corporate and investment bank owned by Crédit Agricole S.A. and headquartered in Paris, has agreed to forfeit $312 million and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’...
