Owner Of Jacksonville Tax Preparation Business Sentenced To Federal Prison For Tax Fraud

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Kenyan Shondre Scott to 18 months in federal prison for aiding and assisting others with the filing of fraudulent tax returns and…

Virginia Beach Businessman Pleads Guilty to $2.5 Million Tax Fraud

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to defrauding the IRS out of more than $2.5 million of taxes by, among other things, hiding assets, making false statements…

Former Philadelphia City Treasurer Charged in Superseding Indictment with Tax Fraud and Failure to File Tax Returns

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Christian Dunbar, 41, of Philadelphia, PA, the former Philadelphia City Treasurer, was charged by Superseding Indictment with two counts of filing…

Rhode Island Woman Sentenced for $1 Million Embezzlement and Tax Fraud Scheme

BOSTON – A Rhode Island woman was sentenced yesterday for embezzling more than $1 million from her employer and failing to pay more than $260,000 in taxes on those funds. Barbara Levy,…

Wisconsin strip club owner charged for income tax fraud, prostitution

WATERTOWN, WI – Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced that on April 27, 2021, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin indicted Radomir Buzdum (61), formerly of…

New York Pizza boss sentenced for tax evasion

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN CIOFFI, 35, of Trumbull, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to…

Beachwood man admitted running an illegal lottery, dodging income tax

NEWARK, N.J. – An Ocean County, New Jersey man today admitted operating an illegal lottery and failing to pay more than $65,000 in federal taxes on his earnings from the scheme, Acting…

Orange County staffing agency failed to pay $30 million in payroll taxes

SANTA ANA, California – The owner of Orange County-based temporary staffing companies, who previously was charged with failing to pay more than $29 million in payroll taxes, was indicted today on six additional federal charges…

Dallas Tax Preparer Sentenced, Ordered to Pay $11.9 Million for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns

DALLAS , TEXAS – A North Dallas tax return preparer was sentenced to 3½ years in prison and ordered to pay $11.9 million in restitution for filing fraudulent income tax returns, announced…

Justice Department Sues to Shut Down Florida Tax Return Preparers

MIAMI, FLORIDA – The United States has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida seeking to bar three Miami Gardens-area tax return preparers and their…

Morristown Democrat Pleads Guilty to Filing False Election Reports

MORRISTOWN, NJ – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that former Morris County freeholder candidate Mary Dougherty pleaded guilty today to filing a false report with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement…

Disgraced soccer star serving time for rape pleads guilty to tax fraud

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – A former Seattle college soccer star, currently serving time for sexual assault in Arizona and on a second sexual assault case in King County, Washington, pleaded guilty today in…

Bruno Block, Cryptocurrency Oyster Pearl Founder Busted for IRS Tax Evasion

Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of…

NYC Restaurateur Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Tax Evasion Scheme, Feds Say

NYC, NY – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ADEL KELLEL, owner of Raffles Bistro, formerly a restaurant located in New…

Imposter Nurse from NJ Finally Caught in Michigan, Jailed for Tax Evasion

A woman formerly employed by an Ann Arbor, Michigan, health care consultancy was sentenced to 65 months in prison for defrauding employers of over $2.2 million and evading more than $697,000 in taxes,…

Feds Say Wildwood Crest Pizzeria Owner Kept Two Books, Evaded $425,000 in Taxes

CAMDEN, N.J. – The owner of a Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, pizzeria was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for filing false income tax returns, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Giuseppe…

Ocean Springs Woman Embezzled $2M From Company, Didn’t Pay Taxes on Take

Gulfport, Miss – Lisa Gordon-Scruggs, 53, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 36 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for…

Jersey Man Conspires to File at Least 18 Fraudulent Tax Returns in Victims’ Names to Obtain Tax Refund

NEWARK, N.J. – A Bergen County, New Jersey, was charged today for his role in a conspiracy to file phony tax returns in order to illegally obtain tax refunds, U.S. Attorney Craig…

IRS Employee Sentenced for Stealing Tax Refunds

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A former IRS employee was sentenced in federal court today for stealing tax refunds. Tamara R. Miller, 40, of Kansas City, Missouri, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge…

Auto Body Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

BOSTON – The owner of Everett and Worcester auto body shops pleaded guilty today to a payroll tax scheme resulting in a tax loss to the IRS of more than $290,000. Adam…

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