August 19, 2022 Elliot Adler, an attorney and founding partner of a boutique San Diego law firm, was sentenced in federal court today to one year and one day in custody for conspiring with former Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein to commit tax fraud. He was also...
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Buffalo Man Arrested, Charged with Fraudulently Receiving Millions of Dollars in COVID-19 Funds
August 19, 2022 U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Brian A. Smith, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney...
Louisiana: Millions in State Tax Refunds Heading to Unclaimed Property if Tax Payers Don’t Claim Them
August 18, 2022 Louisiana taxpayers have until Oct. 6, 2022, to claim millions of dollars in state income tax refunds before they become unclaimed property. The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) sent letters to 20,400 individual and business taxpayers advising...
Rocklin Business Owner Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Embezzling from His Employer and, While Awaiting Sentencing, Defrauding Banks
August 18, 2022 Kevin Lee Co, of Rocklin, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for wire fraud, money laundering and submitting false statements to a financial institution, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on Dec. 8, 2016,...
Former Western New Yorker Going to Prison for Bank Fraud and Tax Evasion
August 18, 2022 U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Ronald Rechan, of Douglasville, Georgia, who was convicted of making a false statement on a bank loan application and tax evasion, was sentenced to serve six months in prison and ordered to pay...
Former HP Planning Manager Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for $5+ Million Wire Fraud Scheme
August 18, 2022 Shelbee Szeto was sentenced to 36 months in prison in connection with her scheme to defraud her former employer out of more than five million dollars, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Internal Revenue Service Criminal...
Grand Jury Indicts Two Men on Multiple Charges for Defrauding Dozens of Victims out of Millions of Dollars
August 17, 2022 U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Darin R. Pastor, currently of Morristown, New York, and Halford W. Johnson, of Brockport, New York, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities...
Former Indiana State Senator and an Indianapolis Casino Executive Sentenced to Federal Prison for Criminal Election Finance Schemes
August 17, 2022 Darryl Brent Waltz, of Greenwood, Indiana, and John Keeler, of Indianapolis, were each sentenced today for devising and participating in election finance schemes. Waltz pleaded guilty to receiving fictitious donations and for lying and misleading FBI...
Minnesota: Staples Man Charged with Multiple Tax Crimes
August 17, 2022 The Minnesota Department of Revenue announced that the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office recently charged Blaine Sterling Butler, of Staples, with four felony counts of failing to file income tax returns. According to the complaint, Mr. Butler willfully...
Court Authorizes Service of John Doe Summons Seeking the Identities of U.S. Taxpayers Who Have Used Cryptocurrency
August 16, 2022 On Aug. 15, 2022, a federal court in the Central District of California entered an order authorizing the IRS to serve a John Doe summons on SFOX, a cryptocurrency prime dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California, seeking information about U.S....