Pretend Millionaire Gets Real Refund and Real Jail Time
Mark Goolsby pleaded guilty in Florida to filing a false tax return. For the 2014 tax year Goolsby falsely claimed that he had earned over a million dollars in 1099-MISC income and had paid more than $800,000 in federal withholding taxes. The IRS processed the return and issued Goolsby a refund check for over […]
Not Such A Minor Offense
New Yorker Mark Wolanyk pleaded guilty to tax evasion for a scheme that included his minor son. Wolanyk opened a bank account in his son’s name in 2010, and listed himself as the custodian of the account. During the next three years Wolanyk deposited more than $250,000 in the account, the majority of the funds […]
Ruby’s in the Red
Illinois resident Ruby Toosevich pleaded guilty to bank fraud for defrauding the medical practice where she worked by using the company’s bank account to pay her personal expenses. Toosevich created fake invoices disguised as legitimate business expenses in order to get checks from her employer. She used the checks to pay, or attempt to pay, […]