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Dentist Has a Brush with the Law and Loses
A federal jury has convicted Frederick Kriemelmeyer, a Wisconsin dentist, on four counts of tax evasion. In 2007 Kriemelmeyer was ordered to pay the IRS $135,337 for unpaid income taxes. The dentist ignored the order and by 2012 the debt to the IRS was more than $450,000 including taxes, interest an
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 21, 2020Worldly Tax Evader Gets to See the World From a Jail Cell
Florida businessman Dusko Bruer pleaded guilty to tax evasion and failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank or Financial Account. Bruer owned a company that bought U.S. made agricultural machinery and parts and sold them throughout the world. From 2003 Bruer did not receive a salary, but he used mill
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 19, 2020A Prime Example of What Not to Do
Igor Fleyshmakher, co-owner of Prime Aid Pharmacy in New York and New Jersey, pleaded guilty to tax evasion and violation of the federal anti-kickback statute in a scheme that included bribing doctors and their staff to direct prescriptions to his pharmacies. Bribes included designer bags, expensive
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 14, 2020Warranty Fraud Got this Texan a Warrant for his Arrest
Vaughn Simon, from Pearland, Texas, was charged with filing a false tax return, tax evasion, and mail and wire fraud for a scheme involving manufacturers’ warranties. Simon obtained serial numbers for products sold by Cisco, Neat, iRobot and APC and then submitted false warranty claims. Simon claime
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 12, 2020Nothing Smart About This Tax Offender
Two tax preparers in Texas, Smart Ajayi and JoAnn Villarreal, were charged with filing fraudulent tax returns and have been permanently barred from operating a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others. The complaint against the two, Ajayi and Villareal, states that they r
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 7, 2020Beware of Scammers on the Hunt For COVID-19 Stimulus Checks
The IRS is urging citizens to be on high alert for scams related to the COVID-19 economic impact payments. While more than 80 million taxpayers who opted for direct deposit should have already received the payment, millions more will receive the stimulus via a check in the mail. US Attorneys around
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 5, 2020Facebook Faces the IRS in Court to the Tune of Nine Billion Dollars
The IRS is claiming that social media giant Facebook grossly undervalued its intellectual property when it sold it to a subsidiary in Ireland in 2010 in order to avoid taxes. Facebook’s subsidiaries pay a royalty to the U.S. parent company for its user base, platform technologies and trademark, amon
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readApr 28, 2020Did You Know?
Federal tax returns were not always due on April 15. March 1 was the due date in 1913 and it was changed to March 15 in 1918. The current tax date was established in 1954.
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readApr 23, 2020Leaving the Art House for the Big House
Philip Righter has pleaded guilty to the sale of paintings he claimed were created by artists such as Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and others, and admitted to lying on his income tax returns. Righter attempted to bilk victims out of six million dollars by forging authenticity papers for paintings he cl
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readApr 21, 2020How Many Scientific Calculators Does It Take to Send an Executive Assistant to Jail?
Kristen Martin, an executive assistant from Denver, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and federal tax evasion for a scheme that cost her employer $846,441. From 2013 to 2016 Martin used her employer’s Staples accounts to purchase unauthorized items she either kept for herself or sold online through eBay
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readApr 16, 2020Not a Lot of Compassion for this Office Manager
Alicia Raynor, the business manager for Compassion at Home in Buffalo New York, has been charged with wire fraud and filing a false tax return for diverting $238,871 of company funds to personal accounts. Raynor was in charge of the company’s accounting and covered her tracks by disguising entries i
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readApr 14, 2020Livin’ on a Prayer and Stolen Parishioner Donations
A former ordained priest in South Dakota, Marcin Stanislaw Garbacz, faces up to 65 years in prison and penalties totaling $1,250,000 for wire fraud, money laundering, transportation of stolen money and five counts of making and subscribing a false tax return. While employed as a priest with the Cath
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readApr 9, 2020No Soft Landing for this Downey
David Downey of Indianapolis was sentenced to 72 months in prison for defrauding clients of his payroll company of more than 9.4 million dollars. From 2013 to 2017 Downey used 20 million dollars from his clients’ accounts to fund his Charles Schwab brokerage account, and ultimately returned only 11
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readApr 7, 2020Your IRS Questions Answered Here… COVID-19
Question: My business has been adversely affected by the COVID-19 Corona virus. I’ve had to lay off all of my employees and basically shut down my operation. I don’t have the money to pay my payroll taxes that I owe. Is there anything I can do? Answer: Yes. The Small Business Administration (SBA) ha
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readApr 2, 2020Did You Know?
U.S. car buyers pay sales tax on a new car, but it’s nothing compared to what Danish car buyers pay. Depending on the price of the car, the registration tax has been as high as 150 percent of the sale price.
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMar 25, 2020Alabama Shakes Down Tax Evader
Alabama resident John Cooney has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. In 2011 Cooney filed delinquent tax returns for 2008 through 2010, and admitted that he owed the IRS almost $780,000, but failed to include a payment with his returns. To evade the tax debt and future taxes, Cooney created an entity, GV
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMar 19, 2020Golf Pro Swings and Misses
Kevin Kennedy, a former golf pro and owner of Kennedy Golf Management, has been indicted on embezzlement and tax fraud charges. Kennedy managed the two public golf courses in Springfield, Massachusetts and collected cart rental and greens fees on behalf of the city. From 2010 to 2016 Kennedy stole f
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMar 17, 2020Inventor Bets on Gold & Loses
Attorney and Idaho state lawmaker John Green, and his client, inventor Thomas Selgas, were convicted by a jury for conspiring to defraud the United States. Selgas was also convicted of tax evasion. A long time tax defier, Selgas converted all his money to gold coins and bought his Texas ranch with g
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMar 12, 2020A Bunch of Jail Time for a Brady
Monique Brady owned a property rehabilitation business that turned out to be a 10.3 million dollar Ponzi scheme. From 2014 through the summer of 2018 she claimed to be overseeing major renovations on foreclosed properties under contract with lenders such as Freddie Mac. She promised investors half t
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMar 10, 2020Knock Knock, Who’s There?
The IRS is making house calls. In an effort to reach high-income individuals who have not filed one or more tax returns in recent years, the IRS is sending several dozen agents to make at least 800 face to face visits before April 15. A last ditch attempt to encourage compliance, this is the final [
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMar 5, 2020Timeshare Salesman Now Sharing His Time in Jail Cell
A timeshare salesman in Virginia, Gregory Overton Powell, 62, was charged with evading his federal income tax obligations for approximately 13 years. Powell made roughly $300,000 a year between 2006 and 2016, but neglected to file his tax returns on time and made minimal payments towards his tax lia
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMar 3, 2020Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I received a Notice of Federal Tax Lien via certified mail for unpaid back taxes and I’m scared and don’t know what to do. Can you help? Answer: Yes. A Notice of Federal Tax Lien (NFTL) is public record and is generally filed with the County Recorder where you reside. A federal tax lien […
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 27, 2020Did You Know?
The highest income tax bracket today is 37% but it has been much higher. The individual Income Tax Act of 1944 raised tax rates to the point where the highest bracket was 94%.
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 25, 2020The IRS Dirty Dozen
For the last several years, the IRS has issued a list of “Dirty Dozen” tax scams. Below are a couple recently released from 2019. Promises of Inflated Refunds Unethical tax return preparers promise taxpayers inflated tax refunds. Often, it’s the elderly and low income taxpayers, with no obligation t
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 20, 2020Bad Sport Didn’t Play by the Rules
Peggy Ann Fulford, 60, was sentenced to ten years in prison for defrauding former NBA players Travis Best and Dennis Rodman and NFL players Ricky Williams and Lex Hilliard out of millions. Fulford befriended the athletes before getting them to let her handle all their finances – including paying the
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 18, 2020Troupe of Frauds
Aaron Troupe, 30, who was in the business of filing false tax returns using stolen identities, was sentenced to five years and one month in federal prison for theft of government property and aggravated identity theft. Troupe also had debit cards in his name that had been loaded with illegally obtai
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 13, 2020They Knew the Drill But Cheated the IRS (and got caught) Anyway
Dentists Mike Hsieh and Christine Chen, owners of Comfort Family Dentistry in Washington state, have pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return. Between 2007 and 2014 Hsieh and Chen kept two sets of financial statements for the business. One set of books showed actual expenses while another showed
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 11, 2020Showing 325–351 of 732 articles
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