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A Watertown, New York, food and restaurant entrepreneur and franchisor pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of tax evasion announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian for the Northern District of New York, on September 19.

A former tax return preparer and resident of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced on September 15 to 36 months in prison, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Regions Bank (Regions) has agreed to pay $52.4 million to the United States to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that did not meet applicable requirements, the Department of Justice announced on 13 September. Regions is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

A Cranston, Rhode Island, resident pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, on 8 September, 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.

A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 8th September, man was convicted by a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania of 16 counts of failing to collect, account for and pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A seven-count indictment was unsealed on 7th September charging four current and former Police of Puerto Rico (POPR) Carolina Drug Unit officers with civil rights violations and obstruction of justice arising out of a police operation conducted on Nov. 15, 2014. The indictment alleges that during the police operation, POPR officers Jose Cartagena, Carlos Nieves, Jimmy Davis and former POPR officer Shylene Lopez used excessive force against an arrestee, identified in the indictment as C.C., and that they unlawfully concealed evidence of their misconduct.

U.S. Healthcare Supply LLC and Oxford Diabetic Supply Inc. and the two owners and presidents of those companies have agreed to pay the United States more than $12.2 million to resolve allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act by using a fictitious entity to make unsolicited telephone calls to Medicare beneficiaries in order to sell them durable medical equipment, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte, North Carolina, returned an indictment on Aug. 16, which was unsealed on 6th September, against a Monroe, North Carolina, resident charging him with one count of attempting to interfere with the due administration of the internal revenue laws and five counts of filing a false income tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A Greenville, Texas, resident pleaded guilty on Tuesday (6th September) to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John R. Parker for the Northern District of Texas.

A Pollock Pines, California, woman who owned a tax return preparation business and two of her employees, pleaded guilty to charges related to filing more than 250 false claims for refund, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert for the Eastern District of California.