Politics

Maryland Real Estate Businessman Indicted for Failing to File Income Tax Returns

A Berwyn Heights, Maryland, resident was indicted by a grand jury sitting in Greenbelt, Maryland, on four counts of failure to file federal individual and corporate federal income tax returns, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of...

Former CEO Pleads Guilty to Bribery and Fraud Scheme Involving Red Light Camera Contracts

A former chief executive officer of a red light camera vendor pleaded guilty on June 19 to participating in an eight-year bribery and fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,...

Operator of O.I.D. Process Pleads Guilty for Involvement in $228 Million Fraudulent Tax Refund Scheme

A California man pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of conspiracy to submit false claims, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern...

Arkansas Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Tax Fraud

A Springdale, Arkansas, man was sentenced on June 17 in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for multiple tax crimes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S....

Chicago Resident Indicted for Using Stolen Identities to File False Tax Returns

A Chicago man was indicted by a grand jury sitting in the Northern District of Illinois for using stolen identities to file false federal income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s...

Florida Skilled Nursing Facility Agrees to Pay $17 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Hebrew Homes Health Network Inc., its operating subsidiaries and affiliates, and William Zubkoff, the former president and executive director of Hebrew Homes Health Network Inc. (collectively Hebrew Homes), have agreed to pay $17 million to resolve...

Former Chief Executive Officer of Oil Services Company Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Charge

The former co-chief executive officer (CEO) of PetroTiger Ltd. – a British Virgin Islands oil and gas company with operations in Colombia and formerly with an office in New Jersey – pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to pay bribes to a foreign...

Kentucky Man Convicted of Evading Income Taxes and Providing False Document to Internal Revenue Service Collections

A Russell Springs, Kentucky, man has been found guilty by a jury sitting in the U.S. District Court in Bowling Green, Kentucky, of multiple tax crimes, including failure to report hundreds of thousands of dollars on his income taxes, announced Acting...