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The complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, also requests that the court order St. Jean and MarjorieStjeanLLC to disgorge the fees that they obtained through the preparation of allegedly false returns.

A Nigerian citizen, who resided in St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to mail fraud, on July 14th, aggravated identity theft, voter fraud and illegally re-entering the United States after having been removed, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Carrie Costantin for the Eastern District of Missouri.

A Lawrence, Massachusetts man pleaded guilty on July 13th, during his trial in the District of Massachusetts to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), access device fraud, theft of government property, aggravated identity theft and money laundering, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney William D. Weinreb for the District of Massachusetts.

A former high-ranking employee of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp. (NWCDC) was sentenced to 96 months in prison for accepting $956,948 in kickback payments for his and the former executive director’s assistance in awarding work to contractors, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced, on July 13th.

A Michigan business owner was sentenced to serve a year and a day in prison for obstructing and impeding the internal revenue laws and committing bank fraud, on July 13th, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A federal district judge in Utica, New York sentenced a Watertown, New York food and restaurant entrepreneur and franchisor to serve 150 months in prison for committing tax evasion and investment fraud, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith for the Northern District of New York.

A Lemon Grove, California woman was sentenced to serve 175 months in prison for her role in two stolen identity refund fraud schemes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Alana W. Robinson of the Southern District of California.

An Orem, Utah former chiropractor, who also owned a health care products business, was convicted of tax evasion and corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the internal revenue laws, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John W. Huber for the District of Utah.

More than £4 million of criminal assets will be split between Jersey and the Home Office, following the signing of an agreement by Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC and Attorney General of Jersey Robert MacRae QC.

Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lake Lotawana, Mo., attorney was sentenced in federal court for his role in a fraud conspiracy in which he and his former law partner stole more than $1.2 million from St. Luke’s Health System, a client of their former law firm, on July 7th.