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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 4th, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith of the Middle District of Tennessee.

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. Attorney John A. Horn for the Northern District of Georgia.

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 laws, filing false tax returns, theft of government property and money laundering, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

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.

A former resident of Poplar Grove, Illinois was sentenced to 87 months in prison for filing tax returns using stolen identities, on May 2th, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

The Department of Justice announced on May 1th, that Import Merchandising Concepts L.P. (IMC) and two individuals, Glen Michaels and Alan Lewis, have agreed to pay $275,000 to resolve allegations that the company improperly evaded customs duties on imports of wooden bedroom furniture from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), in violation of the False Claims Act. IMC imports, among other things, bedroom furniture that is sold for use in university student housing. The company is headquartered in Addington, Texas. Glen Michaels is an IMC executive, and Alan Lewis was an IMC agent.

A Queens, New York tax return preparer was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison today for filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

An indictment against an Indiana mother and son charging them with conspiracy and filing fraudulent tax refund claims was unsealed on April 28th, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana. A federal grand jury sitting in Hammond, Indiana returned the indictment on April 21.

A federal grand jury sitting in the Northern District of Georgia indicted an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, on April 25th, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John A. Horn for the Northern District of Georgia.

Lena Cotton of Wellington, Florida, and her business, Professional Accounting Ldc LLC, located at 3676 Collin Drive in West Palm Beach, Florida, prepare false federal income tax returns for their customers, according to a new civil suit filed by the Department of Justice.