SACRAMENTO, CALIF.— An Oklahoma state prison inmate plead guilty for his role in filing 247 fraudulent federal tax returns, which resulted in $219,000 in refunds. Edwin Ludwig IV, 34, currently an inmate…
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Defendant Who Helped Rip Off IRS for More Than Three Million Dollars Sentenced to Prison
ALABAMA – An Alabama resident was sentenced to more than nine years in prison for her role in a more than $3 million tax fraud scam that stole IDs to file false…
Doctor Admits Filing Nearly $13 Million in False Medical Expenses to IRS
KENTUCKY – A former doctor plead guilty Friday to filing false tax returns on which he falsely reported nearly $13 million in fictitious business expenses to reduce his taxable income, officials said….
Woman Admits to Filing More Than $41 Million in False Tax Returns
CALIFORNIA – A licensed tax return preparer plead guilty to filing more than $41 million worth of false claims to the Internal Revenue Service, making her the 53rd and final defendant linked to…
A Corrections Officer and Three Others Sentenced to Prison for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns
MIAMI – Four defendants were given prison sentences on Tuesday for filing fraudulent tax returns using multiple stolen identifications of former and current Miami-Dade County inmates along with other stolen identities, officials…
A Medical Device Inventor Going to Prison for Hiding Money from IRS
CALIFORNIA – A medical device inventor was sentenced on Monday to six months in prison for hiding more than $8 million in foreign bank accounts, federal officials announced. Ashvin Desai, of San…
Doctor and Wife Guilty of Not Paying Taxes For Thriving Osteopathic Medical Practice
SAN DIEGO – A jury found a doctor and his wife who made up to $1 million a year from their osteopathic medical practice guilty of not paying taxes, according to authorities….
Alaskan Plastic Surgeon Who Allegedly Hid Money from Wife and IRS Indicted for Tax Evasion
ALASKA – An Alaska plastic surgeon, who engaged in a scheme to hide and conceal millions of dollars from the courts and his wife of 28 years who was divorcing him, was…
Military-Contractor Jailed After Underreporting Millions in Income to IRS
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – The owner of a Huntington Beach-based military contractor plead guilty to federal tax charges for failing to report to the IRS millions of dollars his company received for providing services…
Beverly Hills Banker Helped Taxpayers Set Up Secret Israeli Bank Accounts
LOS ANGELES – A senior vice president at the Los Angeles branch of a bank headquartered in Tel Aviv was charged today with helping U.S. taxpayers hide secret Israeli bank account to…
Third Defendant in an Indian Casino Bribery Case Pleads Guilty
LOS ANGELES – A Central California man who was hired to advise the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians has become the third person to plead guilty to participating in a kickback scheme…
A Swiss Banking and Investment Adviser plead Guilty to Helping U.S. Citizens Avoid Taxes
VIRGINIA – A Swiss citizen plead guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiring to help U.S. citizens avoid paying taxes to the IRS by hiding their cash in secret foreign accounts,…