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A federal jury sitting in the District of Minnesota convicted a Minnesota chiropractor of five counts of tax evasion and one count of presenting a fake financial instrument to the U.S. Department of Treasury, on December 2, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger for the District of Minnesota.

A Cranston, on December 2, Rhode Island resident was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, wire fraud, theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha for the District of Rhode Island.

Detectives from the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team, a partnership between SAPOL's Special Crimes Investigation Branch and the Australian Federal Police, on 2 December arrested a 30-year-old man from the northern suburbs over child exploitation material.

In 2009, Kenneth Apple was a trusted U.S. Department of State employee who was supposed to be working in Iraq to help the Iraqi people rebuild their country after years of war. Instead, Apple decided to help himself and his son.

A Cumberland, on December 1, Virginia resident was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to evade paying his federal income taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. of the Western District of Virginia.

A Las Vegas, on November 30, Nevada woman pleaded guilty today to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the due administration of the internal revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada.

A federal grand jury sitting in Macon, Georgia returned an indictment against a Columbus, Georgia resident on Nov. 9, which was unsealed on Nov. 30, for her role in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney G.F. Peterman III for the Middle District of Georgia.

On November 30, a federal court in the Northern District of California entered an order authorizing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a John Doe summons on Coinbase Inc., seeking information about U.S. taxpayers who conducted transactions in a convertible virtual currency during the years 2013 to 2015. The IRS is seeking the records of Americans who engaged in business with or through Coinbase, a virtual currency exchanger headquartered in San Francisco, California.

A former vice president of a Secaucus-based fabric company pleaded guilty to stealing nearly a $1 million in goods from his employer and selling it for his own profit, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced, on November 29.

A Stillwell, on November 29, Kansas tax return preparer was sentenced to 48 months in prison for stealing his clients’ identities and federal income tax refunds falsely claimed in their names, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Thomas Beall for the District of Kansas.