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A former resident of Nevada and Montana was sentenced to 36 months in prison yesterday for interfering with the internal revenue laws, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson for the District of Montana.

A Dublin, California man pleaded on March 24 guilty in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California to filing a false tax return, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian Stretch for the Northern District of California.

Frances Jo Mehner, 71, of Rio Rancho, N.M., on March 22, was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a 207-day term of imprisonment, which she has already served, followed by a year of supervised release for filing a false claim for a federal tax refund.

A Florida businessman on March 23, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida to conspiracy to commit tax and bank fraud, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

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 Department announced on March 23.

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 Abe Martinez for the Southern District of Texas.

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 returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein for the District of Maryland.

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

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 Kansas City, Kansas, asks the court to permanently bar Everett Bias and the company he owns and operates called Integrity Solutions Tax Consultants Inc.

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 complaint filed in federal court in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, asks a federal judge to bar the Boursiquots and their businesses from preparing tax returns for others.