Former Georgia Tax Return Preparer Sentenced for Tax Fraud
Irene Tamika Smith, a former professional tax-return preparer, was sentenced to serve 33 months in prison for conspiring with her co-workers to defraud the United States by filing false tax returns in order to receive fraudulently-inflated refunds for...
Mizrahi Bank Client Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return
Monajem Hakimijoo, also known as Manny Hakimi, of Beverly Hills, Calif., pleaded guilty on Feb. 13, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to filing a false federal income tax return for tax year 2007, the Justice...
Independent Contractor in Afghanistan Pleads Guilty for His Role in Offering $54,000 in Bribes to a U.S. Government Official
At the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., Akbar Ahmad Sherzai, 49, of Centreville, Va., an independent contractor for a trucking company operating in Afghanistan that was responsible for delivering fuel to U.S. Army installations, pleaded guilty to...
Two Men Charged in $983,000 Investment Fraud Scheme
A Rockford man and a Califomia man were indicted by a federal grand jury in Rockford on fraud charges. Todd C. Smith, 46, of Rockford, was charged with seven counts of mail fraud and 10 counts of wire fraud, and Travis Oliver, 36, of Tremecula,...
Former Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection with South Texas Bribery Scheme
In Brownsville, former Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for his role in a South Texas bribery and extortion scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman.
Leader of Large-Scale Identity Theft Ring Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for His Role in Fraud Enterprise
The leader of a fraud ring that engaged in identity theft and financial crimes that have led to charges against 54 individuals was sentenced to 144 months in prison for directing the large-scale, sophisticated criminal enterprise, U.S. Attorney Paul J...
Former Grandview Mayor Pleads Guilty in $35,000 Fraud Scheme
Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former mayor of Grandview, Missouri pleaded guilty in federal court to a wire fraud scheme in which he used a bogus charity to steal $35,000 in...
Denver Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Admits to Making False Statements to the IRS
Abdelhamid M. Horany, 58, of Denver, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson in federal court in Denver to one count of tax evasion related to his 2007 individual income taxes, announced the Justice Department and the Internal...
