Texas Return Preparers Charged With Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns
A federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas returned an indictment on Feb. 6, which was unsealed Friday, July 13, charging two return preparers with filing fraudulent tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney Richard E. Zuckerman of the...
Virginia Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To $5 Million Employment Tax Fraud
A Collinsville, Virginia pharmacist pleaded guilty to failing to account for and pay over employment taxes, on July 12, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Thomas...
President Of Michigan Trucking Business Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud And Failure To File A Tax Return
The president of a Michigan truck hauling business pleaded guilty in Detroit federal district court to wire fraud and to willfully failing to file a tax return, on July 12, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of...
Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty To Filing False Retaliatory Lien And Making A False Claim For Tax Refund
A Rogersville, Tennessee resident pleaded guilty today to filing a fraudulent multi-million dollar lien against a government employee and filing a false claim for a tax refund, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman...
Former Virginia Software Company CEO Sentenced To Prison For Employment Tax Fraud
A former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a software company in Sterling, Virginia, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the government by failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on June 29...
Honduran Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Launder Over $1 Million in Bribes and Funds Misappropriated From the Honduran Social Security Agency
A Honduran man, on June 27, pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to launder into the United States more than $1.3 million in foreign bribe payments and public funds from the Republic of Honduras. Acting Assistant Attorney...
Former Chief Financial Officer of Bankrate Inc. Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating Complex $25 Million Accounting and Securities Fraud Scheme
The former chief financial officer of Bankrate Inc., a publicly traded financial services and marketing company formerly headquartered in North Palm Beach, Florida, on June 28, pleaded guilty for his role in orchestrating an accounting and securities...
Court Shuts Down Idaho Tax Return Preparer
A federal court in Boise, Idaho permanently enjoined Jonathan Peirsol from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced on June 27. Peirsol consented to the civil injunction order and admitted the allegations in...
