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A Baltimore, Maryland, on 30 June tax return preparer was sentenced to serve 20 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns for others, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A federal grand jury in the District of Montana returned an indictment on May 18, which was unsealed on 28 June, charging a resident of Montana and Nevada with one count of corrupt interference with the internal revenue laws, 10 counts of theft of government money and six counts of aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Michael W. Cotter of the District of Montana.

A federal grand jury Tuesday returned a four count indictment in the Western District of New York charging two business owners with conspiracy to defraud the United States and filing a false tax return, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr for the Western District of New York.

The Department of Justice announced that a former California licensed attorney pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California, for his role in a multi-million dollar fraudulent mortgage modification scheme.

Ronald Rodis, 51, of Irvine, California, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter for the Central District of California to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

A Fulshear, Texas, on 27 June, woman was sentenced to 40 months in prison following her conviction on three counts of filing false federal tax returns and one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

A former Department of Defense (DoD) supervisory contracting officer on 23 June pleaded guilty to charges that he accepted bribes from the owner of the foreign defense contractor at the center of a massive bribery and fraud scandal.

An Austell, Georgia, on 22 June resident was sentenced to 15 months in prison for his role in laundering proceeds from a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John A. Horn of the Northern District of Georgia.

A Forest City, Iowa, businessman on 22 June pleaded guilty in federal court to failing to pay employment taxes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kevin W. Techau of the Northern District of Iowa.

A former Credit Suisse AG banker, who has been a fugitive since 2011, on 22 June pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia to charges related to aiding and assisting U.S. taxpayers in evading their income taxes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia.

A San Antonio, Texas, artist was sentenced on 21 June in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio to 12 months in prison by U.S. Magistrate Judge John W. Primomo, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.