Maryland Man Sentenced to Prison for Scheme that Used Stolen Identifying Information to Fraudulently Seek More Than $20 Million in Tax Refunds
A Maryland man was sentenced on December 20, to 135 months in prison on federal charges stemming from his role as a key organizer and leader of an identity theft and tax fraud scheme involving the filing of fraudulent returns falsely seeking more than...
Oregon Woman Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft
A resident of Portland, Oregon, on December 20, pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and United States Attorney Billy...
Ohio Insurance Salesman Convicted of Failure to File Income Tax Returns and Failure to Pay Taxes
An insurance salesman and former resident of Parma, on December 19, Ohio was convicted following a five-day jury trial of fifteen counts of willful failure to pay income taxes and five counts of willful failure to file income tax returns, announced...
North Carolina Owner of Tax Preparation Business Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS
A North Carolina man, who owned a tax preparation business in Rockingham, North Carolina, on December 19, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina to one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue...
North Carolina Woman Indicted for Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS, Assisting in the Preparation of False Tax Returns, Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
A federal grand jury sitting in Greensboro, North Carolina, on December 19, returned an indictment charging Jessica Shanice Taylor, a Rockingham, North Carolina resident, with conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), assisting in the...
Iowa Businessman Sentenced to More Than a Year in Prison for Failing to Pay Employment Taxes
A Forest City, on December 14, Iowa businessman was sentenced to 13 months in prison in federal court for failing to pay employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax...
Iowa Businessman Sentenced to More Than a Year in Prison for Failing to Pay Employment Taxes
Forest Laboratories LLC, located in New York, New York, and its subsidiary, Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc., have agreed to pay $38 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce physicians to...
Former Army Contracting Official Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Return
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former contracting official for the U.S. Army at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville to five months in prison and five months’ home confinement for filing a false income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White...
