Worldly 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 millions of dollars from the […]
A 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 meals, and payments by cash, check and wire transfers. […]
Warranty 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 claimed the products had defects he knew could not […]