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Tax Relief Options for Small Business Owners
If you are running a small business, you have one unwanted partner that will dig into your pocket every year, it’s the IRS. The IRS wants to know what you are doing, how much you are earning and most importantly how much you are paying in taxes, and the tax agency is becoming increasingly aggressive
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•4 min readFeb 24, 2022Tax Withholdings Withheld Illegally from IRS
Mark Carlson pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return and failing to pay over payroll taxes, including Medicare and social security taxes, that were withheld from employee paychecks. Carlson managed the finances for the Leo Byrnes Trust and was the business manager for two companies, American Pri
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 20, 2022Crooked Tax Preparer Goes Nationwide To Defraud Thousands of Customers
Fessum Ogbazion was found guilty of fraud and tax crimes in connection with a national tax return preparation company he owned and managed. Ogbazion founded Instant Tax Service, and was so successful he franchised the companies through ITS Financial LLC. It was through ITS where he began advertising
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 17, 2022Taxation Chief Does a Questionable Job Upholding the Law
George Martinez, a Bureau Chief of the Questionable Refund Unit at the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. Martinez copied tax returns that had already been processed and altered information such as social security
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 15, 2022Ex Police Officer Finds Himself on the Dark Side of the Law
A former California police officer and his wife have been convicted of tax and insurance fraud, exploiting workers, and money laundering to the tune of 18 million dollars in connection with a private security company they owned. Robert Foster and his wife pocketed millions of dollars by paying emplo
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 11, 2022Manager Shows Herself Compassion; Funnels Company’s Money to Her Accounts
The business manager for Compassion at Home, Alicia Raynor, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and was ordered to pay $799,625.27 in restitution for wire fraud and filing a false tax return. Raynor funneled payments from the company into an account she opened in her name with Intuit, a payroll an
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 8, 2022Avoid the April 15 Blues – Take a Step-by-Step Approach to Your Taxes This Year
It is no wonder so many Americans dread the tax filing deadline. The U.S. tax code already contains more words than the Bible, and hundreds of pages of new rules and regulations are often added. With so much complexity, it is no wonder so many of us put off filing our taxes until the last […]
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•4 min readFeb 5, 2022Little is His Name, Big Tax Cheat is His Game, Long Time He’ll Be in Prison!
Third time’s the charm for Michael Dexter Little, who was convicted of tax fraud in 1999, 2003 and again in 2022. This time, Little also added conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft to his already extensive record. From 2019 to 2021, Little filed a number of false tax r
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 2, 2022Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I haven’t filed my tax returns for several years and the IRS keeps sending me notices that I owe them 39,000. How can that be? What should I do? Answer: When a legally required income tax return isn’t filed on time, the IRS can file an income tax return on your behalf. It’s called […]
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJan 25, 2022Plumbing Companies’ Money Goes Down the Toilet Thanks to Crappy Controller!
Rosalba Meza, the controller for two plumbing companies, was arrested for embezzling more than 3 million dollars. From 2017 through 2019, Meza made unauthorized transfers from company bank accounts into personal bank accounts totaling $3,071,880. In February 2019 Meza told company executives they
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJan 23, 2022IRS Reels In Tax Cheating Fisherman
Alfredo Loya, a commercial fisherman from Virginia, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for failing to pay his federal income taxes for nearly a decade. Loya was employed by a number of companies as an independent contractor from 2006 to 2014. From 2006 to 2008 and from 2014 to 2016 he filed no [
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJan 21, 2022Pharmacy Owner Compounds Crimes by Deceiving the IRS!
The owner of two compounding pharmacies, Matthew Hogan Peters, was sentenced to prison for evading payment of nearly 5.5 million dollars in personal income taxes and for submitting false reimbursement claims to CVS Caremark. Peters devised a scheme to incentivize healthcare providers to write pres
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJan 20, 2022McPhail Fails, Lands in Jail!
The owner of a roofing company, Ronald McPhail, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for failing to report income from 2014 to 2019. During that time McPhail’s business generated more than 7.1 million dollars in revenue and approximately 2.43 million dollars in income. To conceal the inco
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJan 19, 2022“Garmento” Loses the Shirt Off His Back!
Sang Bum Noh, the owner of a wholesale garment company in the fashion district of downtown Los Angeles, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for undervaluing imported garments to avoid paying millions of dollars in import duties, failing to report millions of dollars in income, and faili
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJan 18, 2022Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I’m currently separated from my spouse, who owns his own business, and we are in the process of getting a divorce. I have always filed jointly with my husband and now the IRS is sending me notices stating I owe $77,000. I have no idea how they are coming up with this amount as […]
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readDec 30, 2021Accountant 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
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readDec 22, 2021Tax 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 continu
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readDec 18, 2021Lottery 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
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readDec 14, 2021Liquor Store Owner Could Use a Drink Right About Now
A Florida liquor store owner, Ajay Kumar, was sentenced to prison for tax evasion for failing to report the store’s cash sales. For tax years 2015 to 2018, Kumar only reported credit card sales on his tax returns and underreported the liquor store's gross receipts by approximately $1,718,945. For th
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readDec 6, 2021Tax Preparer’s 6,000 False Returns Go Up in Smoke!
In order to hide evidence from the IRS two fires were intentionally set at Rush Tax Service locations, one in 2017 and one in 2019. The fires destroyed client files, financial records, and computer hardware. Between 2013 and 2017, the owner of Rush Tax Service, Andrivia Wells, prepared more than 6,0
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readDec 2, 2021Nonprofit Founder Hoping 4 Change in Legal Troubles
Barry Isaacs founded the Cincinnati nonprofit Hope 4 Change when he was 24. Eleven years later he has been sentenced to four years in prison for failing to pay payroll taxes and embezzlement. Hope 4 Change provides housing and care for adults with developmental disabilities, and at one time had over
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readDec 2, 2021Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I owe 78,000 to the IRS for back taxes. I’m constantly getting threatening letters from them. This has become a big problem in my life that I have no idea how to solve. Can you help me? Answer: For what it’s worth, take some comfort in knowing that you are not alone. There are […]
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readNov 24, 2021Investors Duped in Hotel Scam
Christopher Ciccone, a New Jersey businessman who was previously convicted of wire fraud and filing a false tax return, was arrested for defrauding investors of more than one million dollars. Ciccone lured prospective investors with the notion that his company was reserving blocks of rooms at luxu
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readNov 18, 2021This Couple’s Tax Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Was Very Dirty
A couple from Maryland, James and Maureen Wilson, was indicted for conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, identity theft and filing a false tax return in connection with a life insurance scheme. Starting in 1996 the Wilsons sought to obtain more than 30 life insurance policies worth
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readNov 16, 2021Tax Preparer Sentenced to Multiple Years In Prison for Filing Multiple False Tax Returns
Damian Barrett, a Florida tax preparer, was convicted of filing 745 false tax returns in 19 states. Barrett owned two tax preparation companies. He used one to file legitimate returns and the other to file false returns. From 2015 to 2018 Barrett filed 348 false returns in the state of Oregon al
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readNov 11, 2021Money Grows on Trees for Nursery Bookkeeper
The bookkeeper for a family owned tree nursery in North Carolina pleaded guilty to embezzling more than one million dollars over a six year period. Richard Clark began working for the nursery in 2003, and in 2013 started writing checks to himself from the company. He covered his tracks by altering
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readNov 9, 2021Instructor Fails to Learn the Language of the IRS
Daniel Berglund, a self-employed computer language instructor, was convicted of four counts of tax evasion for failing to file taxes from 1987 to 2017. Berglund took many steps to hide his income from the IRS – including giving his clients a made up tax identification number to prevent payments to h
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readNov 4, 2021Showing 136–162 of 732 articles
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