by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 24, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 24, 2022 A Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday to filing a false tax return that claimed a fraudulent charitable contribution relating to the donation of a conservation easement over land. The plea was entered before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce E. Reinhart....
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 24, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 24, 2022 A Florida woman was sentenced to one year and one day in prison today for helping to execute a nationwide tax fraud scheme and attempting to prevent the IRS from recovering a fraudulent refund she received after filing a false tax return. According to...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 24, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 24, 2022 Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas Fattorusso, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, New York Field Office (“IRS-CI”), and Jonathan Mellone,...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 24, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 24, 2022 A federal grand jury in Miami returned an indictment today charging a Venezuelan national for laundering the proceeds of substantially inflated procurement contracts obtained by making bribe payments to senior officials at Petropiar, a joint venture...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 19, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 19, 2022 A New York woman was arrested today, following an indictment returned by the grand jury earlier this week charging her with filing false tax returns, obstructing the IRS, and willful failure to file tax returns. According to the indictment, Ehrenfriede...