by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 19, 2022 | Federal Tax
July 19, 2022 The Internal Revenue Service is reminding the estimated 19 million taxpayers who requested an extension to file their 2021 tax return that they don’t have to wait until mid-October to file. If a taxpayer has all the necessary information to file an...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 19, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
July 19, 2022 A Michigan endocrinologist pleaded guilty today to tax evasion. According to court documents, Bashar Kiami, 53, of Roscommon, owned and operated Northern Michigan Endocrine PLLC, a solo endocrinology practice in Grayling. From 2014 to 2017, the...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 19, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
July 19, 2022 A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to tax evasion. According to court documents, Darren Lee Joy, 63, of Matthews, admitted to evading his 2015 individual income taxes by submitting to his employer an IRS Form W-4 falsely stating he was exempt from...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 19, 2022 | State Tax
July 19, 2022 The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to Adam Wade Kelley pleading guilty Monday to theft. Kelley, 45, was sentenced to eight years supervised probation. Honorable Judge...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 15, 2022 | Enforcement Updates
July 15, 2022 The owner of a local paving company was charged today and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with a seven-year scheme to underreport income on his tax returns. Robert Brainard of Weymouth, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of tax evasion. A...
by Michael Hogberg, EA | Jul 15, 2022 | State Tax
Connie Cozzolino, tax preparer and owner of Connie’s Tax Services, was sentenced today to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay restitution for economic loss to all victims, which will be determined at a later date, and a fine totaling $16,500. She was operating a scheme...
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,...