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Gas Marketer B. Charles Rogers Gas and Three Individuals Agree to Pay $4.375 Million to Resolve Royalty Fraud Allegations

Gas marketer B. Charles Rogers Gas Ltd. (BCR), which operated in the San Juan Basin area of New Mexico and southern Colorado, and its owners Billy Charles Rogers Jr. and Wynon Rogers, of Fort Worth, Texas, have agreed to pay $3.575 million to resolve...

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Michigan Healthcare Management Company Owner and Operator Plead Guilty to Payroll Tax Fraud

A resident of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and a resident of Boca Raton, Florida, each pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Michigan to failing to collect, truthfully account for, and pay over payroll taxes, on May 1st, announced Acting Deputy...

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Mississippi Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns

A former resident of Durant, Mississippi, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for preparing and filing a fraudulent claim for a tax refund with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on April 30, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General...

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Ohio Glass Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Not Paying Employment Taxes

The owner of a Greenville, Ohio, glass company pleaded guilty to failing to truthfully account for and pay over employment taxes, on April 30, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax...

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South Florida Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion and Disability Fraud

A South Florida doctor residing in Hobe Sound, Florida, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for tax evasion, wire fraud, and Social Security disability fraud, on April 29, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of...

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Former CEO of Hospital Chain to Pay $3.46 Million to Resolve False Billing and Kickback Allegations

Gary D. Newsome, former CEO of Health Management Associates LLC (HMA), a hospital chain that was headquartered in Naples, Florida, has agreed to pay the United States $3.46 million to settle allegations that he caused HMA to knowingly submit false...

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New York Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

A Long Island, New York, business owner pleaded guilty to tax evasion, on April 29, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

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Court Holds Former Detroit Tax Return Preparer in Contempt of Court for Violating Injunction Order

On Friday, a federal court in Detroit, Michigan, found Dieasha Davis in civil contempt of a permanent injunction barring her from operating a tax return preparation business and preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department...

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