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Phoenixville, PA Couple Settles $127k IRS Tax Debt for 16%
After trying to deal with the IRS themselves for several years this couple came to our firm seeking professional assistance. They owed the IRS roughly $127,061 and had been jumping in and out of Installment Agreements for years and tried their own attempt and an Offer in Compromise, unsuccessfully.
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJun 7, 2022Unity Tax Preparers United in Crime and Time in Prison
Nikency Alexis, the owner of Unity Tax, and Thony Guillaume, who worked for the company as a tax preparer, have been sentenced to 45 months and 40 months in prison, respectively, for filing false tax returns. From 2011 to 2016 Alexis and Guillaume prepared returns for clients that claimed business a
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJun 6, 2022IRS Abates over $40k in Penalties and Cuts Taxpayer a Refund Check
In any case, it is important to conduct proper due diligence to ensure that you are representing your client to the fullest extent of the law, and putting them in the best possible position given their circumstances. This client came to our firm after working with another attorney who was more inter
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJun 3, 2022Greenwich CT Taxpayer Owed IRS $215,201 and Settled for $500
Yes, you read that correctly. When this Taxpayer reached out to our office, he and his wife owed the IRS an astounding $215,201.00 in back taxes. The amount of stress was so substantial that it was impacting their marriage and their ability to earn income under it's crushing weight. Our first focus
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJun 2, 2022Accounting Manager Floors Employer with Nearly Two Million Dollar Theft
The accounting manager for a flooring company in Ohio has been charged with embezzling more than 1.8 million dollars. Joan Dinoto worked for the company from 2013 to 2020 and stole the money by falsely inflating her salary, using her employer’s corporate credit card for personal expenses and forging
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readJun 1, 2022Taxpayer in Wilmington Delaware Settles with IRS for $750
McCauley Law Office successfully negotiated an Offer in Compromise with Doubt as to Collectability Due to Exceptional Circumstance with the IRS whereby the taxpayer was able to settle their $36,568 back tax liability for $750. In this particular instance, the taxpayer had the funds in order to pay t
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 31, 2022Medical Office Bookkeeper Gets a Bad Case of
Sandra Doak, a bookkeeper for a medical office in Pennsylvania, was found guilty of mail fraud and filing a false income tax return. Between 2014 and 2019 Doak embezzled a total of $592,833. She wrote checks to herself for a total of $536,887.21, she reimbursed herself for unauthorized expenses in t
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 31, 2022Tea Party Cancelled for Bostonian Couple Indicted for Fraud
The founders of the nonprofit, Violence in Boston, were indicted for defrauding the organization and its donors. Monica Cannon-Grant and her husband Clark Grant were charged with using the organization’s funds for personal expenses. Beginning in 2017, when Violence in Boston was founded, Cannon-Gran
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 30, 2022College Professor Fails as CPA
Ahmed Abdelhalim, a professor of accounting and income tax at LaGuardia Community College, was sentenced to prison for tax fraud. In addition to his teaching position, Abdelhalim owned Master Tax Consultants, a tax preparation business. From 2012 to 2016 he prepared and submitted numerous fraudulent
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 29, 2022No Love for This Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion
Shimon Shaked, the owner of several souvenir stores, including I love Duluth in Georgia and I Love Marquette in Michigan, has been sentenced to prison for tax evasion. Shaked owned the stores under a holding company, and although he owned, operated, and controlled the business, he listed his teenage
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 28, 2022Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I owe 113,000 to the IRS for back taxes. I’m constantly getting threatening letters from them. This has become a big problem in all areas of my life that I have no idea how to approach it. Can you help me? Answer: For what it’s worth, take some comfort in knowing that you are […]
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 27, 2022Did You Know?
In an effort to bring in more tax revenue and pull itself out of a deep recession, Romania added a new profession to the country’s labor code in 2011, so it would be subject to taxation. The profession? Witchcraft.
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 26, 2022Scam Artist Has Multiple Identities, not Personalities
Roosevelt Fernandez pleaded guilty to wire fraud and identity theft in connection to fraud schemes involving false tax returns and Covid-19 relief funds. The Boston businessman used multiple identities to file approximately 40 false tax returns. On many of the returns he included fraudulent W-2 form
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 25, 2022Med Spa Owner Facing Prison for Filing Fraudulent Income Tax Returns!
Roxanne Khadem, the owner of several med spas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and subscribing to a false income tax return. Khadem’s spas offered customers cosmetic procedures such as botox injections, facials and hair removal, none of which were covered by insurance. Khade
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 24, 2022Customs Broker is Going to Need More than an Ark to Stay Afloat!
Frank Seung Noah, a customs broker in California, was arrested for evading more than 2 million dollars in taxes and engaging in a $3.4 million wire fraud scheme. Noah owned a company that offered customs brokerage services on behalf of foreign companies, and from 2007 to 2019, was a broker for Daiso
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 23, 2022No Bones About It – Doctor and Wife Headed to Jail!
James Rice, an orthopedic surgeon, and his wife Susan, who managed their medical practice, were sentenced to five years in prison for failing to file tax returns, evading taxes, and failure to pay over employment taxes. From 2007 to 2016 the couple transferred one million dollars from the practice t
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 22, 2022Foundation Director Directs Scholarship Money for Students to his Own Bank Account
Marion Ledford, a director for the Robert W. Hamilton Foundation, a New Mexico non-profit that provides scholarships to high school graduates, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzling $1,785,300 from the organization. Ledford controlled the foundation’s finances without oversight, and for
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 21, 2022Healthcare Business Owner Has Sick Intentions
Shane August, the owner of a healthcare business, pleaded guilty to defrauding the IRS of more than 1.2 million dollars. For years, August withheld employment taxes from his employees and then failed to pay over more than $900,000 to the IRS. Between 2014 and 2017 he reported personal income to the
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 20, 2022Ain’t No Sunshine Where She’s Going!
Kathryn Pocock, the owner of Sunshine Cleaners, a home cleaning service in Connecticut, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, plus a year of supervised release, for tax evasion. Pocock started the company in 1991, and from 2015 to 2019 withdrew approximately $855,000 from the business, th
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readMay 20, 2022Your IRS Questions Answered Here…
Question: I’ve been getting letters from the IRS saying I owe back taxes for 2017 – 2020. This is taking over my personal life and don’t know where to start. What should I do? Answer: Owing money to the IRS or State can be intimidating and throw your life out of balance but ignoring these […]
Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.•1 min readFeb 28, 2022Tax 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, 2022Showing 190–216 of 825 articles
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