by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 16, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 16, 2022 A suburban Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of bank fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Randy Frasinelli, of Scott Township, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to two counts...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 16, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 16, 2022 Two members of a Myrtle Beach family were sentenced to federal prison, and a third to probation, for their roles in a scheme to defraud the Government out of more than $500,000 by submitting false tax returns, and by stealing economic impact payments...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 16, 2022 | State Tax
August 16, 2022 Several tax relief proposals under consideration during the 2022 General Assembly Special Session were not enacted into law. These include provisions in Senate Bill #3, such as a six-month sales tax holiday on residential utility and telecom...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 15, 2022 | State Tax
August 15, 2022 So far this year, 17,831 state Individual Income Tax returns have been filed claiming $4.3 million in Teacher Classroom Expenses credits for the 2021 tax year. That’s just one of several education-related state tax credits the South Carolina...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 12, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 12, 2022 A former Quincy man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a tax fraud scheme that resulted in a tax loss of approximately $4.4 million and allegedly making false statements about a fatal workplace accident. Mauricio Baiense was...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 12, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 12, 2022 David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced today that Robert L. Higgins, of West Chester, PA, was indicted in a Second Superseding Indictment on eight counts of fraud and five counts of tax evasion. The Indictment charges that...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 11, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 10, 2022 Yesterday, a Midland man was sentenced to 24 months in prison for failure to pay over employment taxes. According to court documents, Thomas Valdez Rodriguez was the owner of both Tom-E-Lee Trucking and Tom-E-Lee Industries. From 2012 through 2018,...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 11, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 11, 2022 A Springfield company will pay more than $1 million in forfeiture to the federal government under the terms of a non-prosecution agreement announced today, which acknowledges the criminal conduct of two former executives who are involved in a related...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 10, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 10, 2022 The co-owner of H & H Earthworks, Inc., was sentenced today to 30 months in prison after she admitted to failing to pay the IRS more than $2.8 million in employee and employer taxes, and instead, spent some of the money on personal expenses,...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Aug 8, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
August 8, 2022 A co-owner of multiple businesses today admitted to his role failing to pay over $1 million in payroll taxes for his companies, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Omar Mostafa, of New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Georgette...