Politics

Two Miami Area Tax Return Preparers Indicted for Aiding and Assisting in Preparation of False Tax Returns

Two federal indictments were unsealed on April 30 in the Southern District of Florida charging two Miami area tax return preparers with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal income tax returns, announced Acting Assistant Attorney...

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Former Puerto Rico Police Officers Sentenced for Civil Rights and Obstruction of Justice Violations Related to Fatal Beating

Former Puerto Rico Police Officers Jimmy Rodriguez Vega and David Colon Martinez were sentenced on May 1 for civil rights and obstruction of justice violations related to the fatal beating of Jose Luis Irizarry Perez, 19, announced Principal Deputy...

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Suspended solicitor guilty of providing illegal immigration advice

Flora Magdaline Mendes, 37, of Hitchin Road, Luton, was convicted in her absence at Luton Magistrates’ Court on 4 offences of providing unregulated immigration advice.

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Kolon Industries Inc. Pleads Guilty for Conspiring to Steal DuPont Trade Secrets Involving Kevlar Technology

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean industrial company, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, to conspiracy to steal trade secrets involving E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.’s (DuPont) Kevlar technology. The company...

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Three Brothers Plead Guilty to $145 Million Biofuels Fraud Scheme in Indiana

Chad Ducey, 39, of Fishers, Indiana, pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in a multi-state scheme to defraud biodiesel buyers and U.S. taxpayers by fraudulently selling biodiesel incentives. His two brothers, Chris Ducey, 48, of North Webster, Indiana...

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U.S. Citizen Pleads Guilty in Connection with Internationally Based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures

A U.S. citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities based in Costa Rica pleaded guilty in Miami, the Justice Department announced on April 29.

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Michigan Ferrari Mechanic Convicted of Tax Fraud

A Smiths Creek, Michigan, resident who specialized in repairing classic and rare cars was convicted by a federal jury in the Eastern District of Michigan of one count of tax evasion and four counts of failure to file income tax returns on April 29,...

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Rhode Island Real Estate Businessman Sentenced To Prison For Tax Fraud

A Cranston, Rhode Island, man was sentenced to prison for tax fraud in the District of Rhode Island on April 28, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

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