by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 19, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
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...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 18, 2022 | State Tax
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...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 18, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
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,...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 18, 2022 | Federal Tax
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...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 18, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
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...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 17, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
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...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 17, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
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...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 17, 2022 | State Tax
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...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 16, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
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....
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 16, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 16, 2022 A 28-count indictment was unsealed today, charging Terrance John “TJ” Cox, of Fresno, with 15 counts of wire fraud, 11 counts of money laundering, one count of financial institution fraud, and one count of campaign contribution fraud, U.S....