Politics

Federal Court Bars South Florida Tax Return Preparers from Preparing Tax Returns for Others

A federal court in Miami, Florida has permanently barred Aleluya Universal Accounting Services Inc. (Aleluya) and its officers Frantz Petit-Dos, Luczor Fertilien, and David Joseph from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice...

Texas Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Not Paying Approximately $18 Million in Employment Taxes

A Houston, on March 22, Texas business owner pleaded guilty to one count of failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney...

Maryland Chiropractor Indicted For Filing False Tax Returns And Obstructing The IRS

A grand jury in Baltimore, Maryland returned an indictment on March 9, which was unsealed on March 21, charging a chiropractor with one count of corruptly endeavoring to impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and six counts of filing false tax...

Former FBI Contractor Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements to Investigators

A former FBI contractor on March 22 pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI agents in connection with an official FBI investigation.

Justice Department Seeks To Shut Down Kansas City Tax Return Preparer And Business

A tax return preparer and his preparation business in the Kansas City, Kansas area prepare fraudulent tax returns for their customers, according to a new civil lawsuit filed by the Justice Department on March 20 The suit, filed in federal court in...

Justice Department Asks Federal Court to Shut Down Tax Return Preparers in Southern Florida And Require Them to Give Their Fees to the United States

Jean-Philippe Boursiquot, B&C Royalty Multi-Services Inc., Roberton Boursiquot, and RBS Flamboyant Solutions Inc. prepare false federal income tax returns for their customers, according to a new civil suit filed by the Department of Justice. The...

U.S. Navy Admiral and Eight Other Officers Indicted for Trading Classified Information in Massive International Fraud and Bribery Scheme

Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Bruce Loveless and eight other high-ranking Navy officers are charged in a federal indictment with accepting luxury travel, elaborate dinners and services of prostitutes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Francis,...

Virginia Woman Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return and Using Customer Ids to Make Fraudulent Credit Card Charges

A Haymarket, Virginia woman on March 13, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia to filing a false income tax return and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg...