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Check Cashing Business Owner Hides Millions from IRS and Faces 10 Years in Prison!
John Drago, the owner of six check cashing businesses in Long Island, pleaded guilty to payroll tax evasion and illegally structuring financial transactions. Financial institutions are required to file a Currency Transaction Report (CTR) for each transaction of $10,000 or more, this includes when
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readOct 13, 2021Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I owe $74,367 for several years of back taxes but do not have the money to pay the IRS. I want to get them off my back and heard of something called an Offer in Compromise. What is it and how do I qualify? Answer: An Offer in Compromise is the IRS’ tax […]
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 23, 2021New York City Council Member Loses Job for Cheating on Taxes!
Former New York City Council Member, Chaim Deutsch, was sentenced to three months in prison for filing a false tax return in connection with outside income he received while serving on the city council. In addition to his job as a council member, Deutsch was the owner of Chasa Management, a real e
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 21, 2021Businessman Constructs False Tax Returns for Hefty Refunds
Shawn Smith, a Chicago business owner, was sentenced to three years in prison for filing false tax returns. Smith created several companies, including a construction business, that did very little work, but provided him with the opportunity to create false W2s that falsely listed him as earning mi
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 16, 2021Antique Dealer Illegally Selling Walrus Tusks Pays Fine in Six-Figures and Marine Mammal Parts
An Alaskan antique dealer, Walter Earl, was found guilty of tax evasion and trafficking in illegal walrus ivory. Earl, the owner of The Antique Gallery, was caught selling illegal walrus skulls and ivory tusks to undercover agents, a crime that led to the discovery of his tax evasion. Earl didn’
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 14, 2021Couple Strikes Out with Gambling Ruse, Ends Up in Prison!
Cherie and Dudley Hellenbrand, owners of Middleton Sports Bowl, a bowling alley and sports bar in Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to underreporting the sales receipts from video gambling machines they had installed in their business in 2010. The Hellenbrands scheme came to light when they admitted to a
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 9, 2021Corporate Secretary Puts Plumbing Company in Hot Water for Embezzling Almost a Million Dollars!
Sara Collins, the corporate secretary of a plumbing, heating, and air conditioning business in Delaware, pleaded guilty for failing to pay employment taxes on behalf of her employer. From 2013 to 2019 Collins paid less than $37,000 in payroll taxes when the business owed a total of more than $960,00
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 7, 2021Millionaire Tax-Evader and Medicaid Thief Goes to Jail!
Jeffrey Scott Allen, a Missouri businessman, pleaded guilty to tax evasion for underreporting his income from 2012 to 2017. Allen’s business provides installation services for satellite based Internet and television, and he contracts labor with five different contractors. He claims an annual profit
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readSep 1, 2021Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I owe a several years of back taxes, about $43,000, but do not have the money to pay the IRS. I want to get them off my back and heard of something called an Offer in Compromise. What is it and how do I get one? Answer: An Offer in Compromise (“OIC”) is […]
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 31, 2021Tobacco Farmer’s False Federally Insurance Claims Go Up in Smoke
Christopher Hickerson, a tobacco farmer in Kentucky, was found guilty of crop insurance fraud and tax fraud. From 2009 to 2016 Hickerson filed false claims of loss on his Multi-Peril Crop Insurance policies. These policies are federally sponsored and funded with taxpayer money. Hickerson got the own
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 26, 2021Bookkeeper’s Numbers Don’t Add Up She Faces Jail Time and a $750K Fine
Melodie Ann Eckland pleaded guilty to defrauding her extended family and her employer, a non-profit adoption and surrogacy agency. From 2011 to 2018 Eckland, a bookkeeper, stole funds from her employer by making unauthorized wire transfers, wiring checks to herself and paying herself unauthorized bo
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 24, 2021Businessman Gambles with the IRS and Loses
A Florida businessman, Alejandro Gomez, pleaded guilty to tax evasion after causing the IRS a tax loss of over $545,000. Gomez ran Fleischmann’s Produce, a company that imported fresh herbs for wholesale distribution, and got in the habit of writing off gambling losses as company expenses. In 2014 G
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 19, 2021You Steal, Cheat and Commit Tax Evasion? BINGO! Your Number’s Up
Linda Pylant, the office administrator for a trade organization in Maryland, has been indicted on charges of tax evasion, wire fraud, identity theft and social security fraud. From 2012 to 2020 Pylant was responsible for the organization’s bookkeeping, and in 2017 opened a bank account in her employ
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 17, 2021Bogus Tax Deduction Gets Dentist Extracted from Society and Sent to Prison
Homayoun Zadeh, an associate professor of dentistry at USC, pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return in connection with the college admissions scandal. Zadeh paid $100,000 to a bogus charitable organization run by Rick Singer, the mastermind behind the admissions scandal, in order to secure his d
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 12, 2021Pop-Up Church Didn’t Have a Prayer
Trenton Switzer, the owner of a successful sales training business in Colorado, was found guilty of submitting a false tax return. In 2015 Switzer attempted to avoid paying taxes by claiming that he had made a $250,000 charitable donation to a church he created for the purpose of evading taxes. As p
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readAug 10, 2021Your IRS Questions Answered Here… Innocent Spouse?
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 $65,000. I have no idea how they are coming up with this amount as […]
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•2 min readJul 28, 2021A Guide to State Level Offers in Compromise
An Offer in Compromise (OIC) is an agreement between the taxpayer and the government to settle a tax debt for less than what is owed. They afford the taxpayer an opportunity to clear the balance at a discount while the tax collector is ensured as to the collectability of at least a portion of a […]
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•10 min readJul 27, 2021A 5 Million Dollar Judgment for Tax Evasion Did Not Keep this Man From Trying Again
Michael Goldner already had a five million dollar restitution judgment against him for a tax evasion and wire fraud conviction when he concocted a scheme to avoid paying taxes on additional income. From 2013 to 2017, Goldner accrued a tax liability of $1,858,740. In order to avoid paying these tax
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJul 22, 2021Financial Crimes Detective and Wife Head to Jail for Fraud and Tax Evasion!
Stephanie Roskovski, the COO of Butler Memorial Hospital, was sentenced for mail fraud and filing a false tax return. Her husband, Scott Roskovski, was sentenced for filing a false tax return and submitting a false loan application. From 2011 to 2017 Stephanie Roskovski embezzled more than 1.3 mil
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJul 20, 2021Housing Authority Secretary May End Up in the Big House
Janice White, the executive secretary for the Rochester Housing Authority, pleaded guilty to defrauding the charity, which provides housing opportunities and other services to the community. In 2018, White started a company, HJJ Property Development, which was listed as a heating and air condition
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJul 15, 2021Steals $100 Million in Payroll Taxes!
Francisco Mendez, The owner of a construction company in Oregon, pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to evade 100 million dollars in payroll and income taxes. From 2014-2018 Mendez conspired with others to make under the table cash payments to construction crews, effectively evading payroll an
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJul 13, 2021CPA Sends Emails to Clients On Ways to Cheat IRS, And IRS Sends CPA to Jail!
CPA Paul Edman was sentenced to 120 days in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. Edman was first contacted by the IRS when several of his clients, all restaurant owners, were being investigated for suppressing cash sales. Through further scrutiny, investigators di
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJul 8, 2021Nun Leaves None, Gambles Away $835,000 of School Funds!
Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper pleaded guilty to embezzling $835,000 from the Catholic elementary school where she was the principal for 28 years. Kreuper was principal at St. James Catholic School in Los Angeles and was responsible for the money the school received for tuition and fees and charitab
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJul 6, 2021Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I received a Notice of Federal Tax Lien via certified mail for unpaid taxes and I’m scared and don’t know what to do. How do I get this situation resolved? Answer: A Notice of Federal Tax Lien (NFTL) is public record and is generally filed with the County Recorder where you reside. It’s
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJun 30, 2021On a Hunch IRS Nails Staffing Company Owner
Gary Hunsche, the owner of Unique Personal Consultants, a staffing company in Illinois, pleaded guilty for failing to pay millions in federal payroll taxes. Hunsche’s company provided thousands of temporary workers to hundreds of businesses throughout the state. From 2014 to 2016 Hunsche withheld
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJun 24, 2021Mayor’s Marijuana Scheme Goes Up in Smoke
Jasiel Correia II, the former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, was convicted on four counts of filing false tax returns, wire fraud and extortion. In 2012, before he was mayor, Correia founded SnoOwl, an app designed to connect local businesses with their target market, and raised $360,000 from
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJun 22, 2021Accountant Goes Rogue
Chelsea Jolynn Tucker, the accountant for a contract services and staffing company in Texas, pleaded guilty to tax evasion and to defrauding her employer. Tucker was responsible for making employment tax deposits, handling payroll, preparing W-2 forms and paying business expenses. After working at
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJun 17, 2021Showing 244–270 of 825 articles
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