Accountant Steals Two Million Dollars from Abused Children
Angelia Brown, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was convicted of wire fraud and filing a false tax return after embezzling more than two million dollars from her employer, a nonprofit that works with abused children. From 2012 through June 2020 Brown, a staff accountant for the organization, forged company checks and deposited them into her personal bank […]
Tax Cheat Hides Millions of Dollars and Applies for Food Stamps
Robert Lund was sentenced to prison on a tax evasion case that goes back to 1997, when he was audited by the IRS and it was determined he owed more than 2.7 million dollars in taxes plus penalties. Lund appealed the tax assessment and lost. In response, he stopped paying taxes altogether and continued to […]
Lottery Winner’s Luck Runs Out
Mustafa Shalash pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false tax return in connection to lottery winnings in 2015. Shalash won a million dollars in the Ohio state lottery and that year declared $1,069,100 in winnings, along with $1,069,100 in gambling losses. To hide the money he wired $690,000 to bank accounts he owned […]