by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 12, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
July 12, 2022 According to a signed plea agreement filed today in U.S. District Court in Providence, a Rhode Island woman who, it is alleged, falsely claimed to be a cancer-stricken U.S. Marine decorated with the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, and who allegedly used...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 7, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
July 7, 2022 Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joleen Minnich, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 12 months and one day in prison for wire...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 6, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Wednesday, July 6, 2022 Claimed Fraudulent Deductions on Returns and Submitted Fabricated Documents to IRS A former IRS employee was sentenced to 13 months in prison today following a guilty plea in March in which he admitted to filing false tax returns and providing...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 1, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Friday, July 1, 2022 Joseph Smith, 57, formerly of Fishkill, New York, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,100,450 in restitution by U.S. District Court Judge Gerald J. Pappert for his scheme...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jun 30, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
Thursday, June 30, 2022 A Utah professional tax preparer pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing the IRS’s efforts to collect his personal tax debt. According to court documents, Sergio Sosa, of Orem, owned and...