New York Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Filing Thousands of Fraudulent Tax Returns
A Bronx, New York attorney, who ran a tax preparation business, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison for filing thousands of fraudulent tax returns that claimed more than $6 million in bogus deductions, on May 8th, announced Acting Deputy...
Federal Court Finds that Washington, D.C. Tax Return Preparer Violated Injunction and Orders Him to Pay Nearly $30,000 as Civil Contempt Sanction
A federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland has found that Marvin L. Binion Sr. violated the Court’s previous permanent injunction barring him from preparing tax returns for others and from operating a tax preparation business, announced Acting Assistant...
Former Military Sealift Command Contractor Charged with Bribery and Fraud
A former contractor at the Military Sealift Command (MSC) was indicted for his role in a bribery and fraud conspiracy from approximately 1999 to 2014, in which he allegedly received almost $3 million dollars in bribes. Acting Assistant Attorney...
Former Guinean Minister of Mines Convicted of Receiving and Laundering $8.5 Million in Bribes from China International Fund and China Sonangol
A former Minister of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea, has been convicted by a federal jury for his role in a scheme to launder bribes paid to him by executives of China Sonangol International Ltd. (China Sonangol) and China International...
Former Tennessee Sheriff Sentenced on Federal Corruption Charges
A former Rutherford County Sheriff was sentenced to 50 months in prison for operating a private electronic cigarette company in the county jail for personal gain and the concealment and misrepresentation of their involvement with the business, on May...
Georgia Woman Sentenced to Prison for Her Role in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
An Atlanta, Georgia resident was sentenced to 24 months in prison for her role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, on May 3th, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S...
Florida Man Indicted for Scheme Seeking $5.6 Million in Tax Refunds
A federal grand jury sitting in West Palm Beach, Florida returned an indictment on April 25, which was unsealed on May 2th, charging a Florida resident with corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue...
Lee's Summit Woman Sentenced for $1.5 Million Embezzlement Schemes, Identity Theft
Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, on May 2th, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court for a series of embezzlement schemes totaling more than $1.5 million.
