Pivot Energy Closes $190 Million of Debt and Tax Equity Financing to Support 90 MW Distributed Generation Solar Portfolio

This is the first portfolio of projects Pivot will build, own, and operate since its strategic acquisition by ECP in June 2021. In addition to C&I PPAs, clients include community solar subscriptions…

EXCLUSIVE: States That Tax Less Have Better Economic Prospects, Study Shows

EXCLUSIVE: States That Tax Less Have Better Economic Prospects, Study Shows Samantha Renck on April 18, 2022 States with lower taxes and less spending have a stronger economic outlook than states with…

Owner Of Jacksonville Tax Preparation Business Convicted Of Tax Fraud

Jacksonville, Florida – A federal jury has found Ali Akhenaten (formerly known as Darryl Oliver) guilty of five counts of tax fraud. Akhenaten faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal…

Owner of Danbury Grocery Store Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Offense

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that LIZBEL SANCHEZ, also…

Ogden Business Owner Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Tax Crimes

SALT LAKE CITY- Daniel Fry, 46, of Ogden, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison after pleading guilty to failing to pay and account for trust fund taxes…

Cleveland Tax Return Preparer Charged with Submitting False Returns for Clients

Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal grand jury returned a fifteen-count indictment charging Eiahnna Pique, 42, of Cleveland, with aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of…

Former Water District General Manager Indicted for $25 Million Water Theft and Tax Violations

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Dennis Falaschi, 75, of Aptos, California, charging him with conspiracy, theft of government property, and filing false tax returns,…

Denham Springs Woman Charged with Making and Subscribing False Tax Returns

United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging Lakeisha Grayer, age 40, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, with making and subscribing false…

U.S. Attorney And IRS Warn Potential Tax Cheats To Timely File Accurate And Complete Tax Returns

SCRANTON – With the deadline for filing federal individual income tax returns rapidly approaching, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Field Office, IRS Criminal Investigation…

Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy and Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns for Clients

WASHINGTON – A Louisiana woman was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and helping clients file false tax returns. On Nov.…

Scranton Man Charged With Tax Evasion

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ronald Halko, age 79, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on April 12, 2022, by a federal grand…

PROPERTY TAXES ON SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES RISE ACROSS U.S. IN 2021, TO $328 BILLION

Average Property Tax Also Up 2 percent, to $3,785, as Effective Rate Declines Slightly; Highest Effective Tax Rates in Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, Pennsylvania IRVINE, Calif., April 14, 2022 — ATTOM,…

San Diego Attorney Admits to Conspiring to Commit $500,000 of Tax Fraud with Former Chabad of Poway Rabbi Goldstein

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Valerie Chu (619) 546-6750 and Michelle L. Wasserman (619) 546-8431 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – April 13, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Elliot Adler, an attorney and founding partner of…

New Jersey Man Submitted False Tax Returns to Claim Victim’s Benefits

NEWARK, N.J. – The Department of Justice has announced the sentancing of a Bergen County man to 24 months and two days in prison for his role in a scheme to file…

Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Promoting Nationwide Tax Fraud Scheme

A Florida man was sentenced to 51 months in prison today for his role in a nationwide tax fraud scheme that involved more than 200 participants in at least 19 states. According…

Bergen County Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Filing Phony Tax Returns

NEWARK, N.J. – A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 24 months and two days in prison for his role in a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns in…

Cadillac Businessman Sent To Prison For Tax Evasion

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Douglas Arvin Horning, 56, of Cadillac, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for tax evasion…

Former Federal Official Sentenced To Prison For Contract Bribery Conspiracy And Tax Fraud

LAS VEGAS – A former official with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison for his role in a bribery scheme involving…

Morgantown woman sentenced for tax fraud

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Diann Carol Clark, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years of probation, with the first six months on home confinement, for a payroll tax fraud…

Belgrade construction company co-owner admits failing to pay $2.8 million in employee, employer taxes

MISSOULA — The co-owner of H & H Earthworks, Inc., a Belgrade-based construction company that does commercial site-development work in four states, admitted to failing to pay the IRS approximately $2.8 million…

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