13 tracked private-fraud cases involving tax fraud.
The owner of a Sudbury accounting firm and real estate company was sentenced for conspiracy to defraud the IRS through paying an executive over $1.6 million in compensation and fringe benefits under the table, and for making a fraudulent pandemic relief application for over $179,000.
A tax preparer was sentenced for allegedly orchestrating a scheme involving false business entities and fraudulent expense claims on client tax returns to reduce reported income and increase refunds, with proceeds allegedly used to purchase homes and luxury vehicles.
Three Texas tax preparers were sentenced to prison for their roles in conspiring to file false tax returns on behalf of clients. Two additional tax preparers admitted to filing false tax returns as part of the same scheme and await sentencing.
Jawad Fakroune was sentenced to 6.5 years in federal prison for extorting a Chicago business partner over an alleged $1.5 million debt through violent threats and assaults, and for additional alleged charges including fraud and tax evasion.
The owner of a high-end flower business pleaded guilty to making and subscribing a false tax return involving under-reporting of millions in income.
Patricia Jones pleaded guilty to tax fraud and was sentenced to 50 months imprisonment and ordered to pay over $1.4 million in restitution to her victims.
Eight North Carolina tax return preparers pleaded guilty to their alleged involvement in a pandemic-relief fraud scheme that caused approximately $25 million in losses.
Aylesha Maria Allen was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for filing fraudulent tax returns.
Carlos Mencia pleaded not guilty to a dozen felony tax-related charges alleging approximately 8.7 million dollars in unreported income.
Comedian Ned Arnel Mencia is charged with tax fraud in the first case prosecuted by L.A. County's tax fraud unit.
Dennis March and Greg March each pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion for concealing income and failing to pay business and individual taxes.
Four defendants are charged in connection with an alleged $93 million COVID-19 tax credit fraud scheme described as the nation's largest known scheme of its kind. The FBI and IRS-CI conducted the investigation and arrests.
KBWB Operations LLC and Kevin Breslin, former chief executive officer and managing member of KBWB-Atrium, pleaded guilty to health care fraud and tax conspiracy and were subsequently sentenced.