by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 14, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
July 14, 2022 The United States Attorney’s Office announced that former Louisiana state senator and chair of State Political Party “A” Karen Carter Peterson, from New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with wire...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 14, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
July 14, 2022 Alice Felder-Lucas, of Columbia, was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for false claims against the United States and theft of governmental funds. According to evidence presented during the defendant’s trial, Felder-Lucas filed...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 14, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
July 14, 2022 A Woonsocket businessman described in court documents as a “vital cog” in a tax fraud conspiracy that defrauded the United States of millions of dollars was sentenced today to three years probation, the first fifty-two weekends to be...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 14, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
July 14, 2022 A Georgia woman faces up to 20 years in prison after an indictment alleging she fraudulently obtained funds intended for COVID-19 small business assistance. Gladys Harun, of Byron, Georgia, is charged with one count of Wire Fraud, said David H. Estes,...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 14, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
July 14, 2022 A former Clare, Michigan, hotel manager was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for filing a false tax return. His father, the owner of the hotel, previously pleaded guilty to obstructing the grand jury’s investigation of his son....
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 14, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
July 14, 2022 A Georgia man was sentenced today to 230 months in prison for charges related to his filing of dozens of fraudulent tax returns on behalf of multiple sham trusts. Marquet Mattox, of Lilburn, was convicted by a federal jury on August 18, 2021, of wire...