They Built a Mini Empire that The IRS Toppled Like a Ton of Bricks
An IRS criminal investigation in New York uncovered a bribery scheme involving more than five million dollars paid to four construction executives between 2011 and 2017 – and not a one legitimate tax return among them. Two of the defendants worked for Bloomberg, a global financial firm involved in construction projects, while the other […]
Maximum Refund Guarantee Gets Tax Preparer Jail Time Guaranteed
Elizabeth Muñoz, a tax preparer from Portland Oregon, has been charged with preparing and filing more than 1,000 false federal tax returns requesting over three million dollars in fraudulent refunds. From 2015 to 2018 Muñoz ran a tax preparation business that promised her clients the, “biggest refund guaranteed.†She prepared 1,196 false tax returns for […]
Facing 66 Years – Say “Cheese†For Your Mug Shot
The owners of the Tony Luke’s cheesesteak franchise headquartered in Philadelphia have been charged with conspiracy to defraud the IRS, tax evasion and aiding and assisting in filing false tax returns. The indictment claims that from 2006 to 2016 Anthony Lucidonio Sr., 82 and his son Nicholas, 52, hid more than eight million dollars in […]