Houston Attorney Tries to Outsmart the IRS and Loses
Jack Stephen Pursely, an attorney from Houston, TX, was convicted of three counts of tax evasion and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States in September. According to evidence shown during the trial, Pursely conspired with a former client to move more than $18 million the client had earned through his company, Southeastern […]
Pediatric Office Manager Finds Out the IRS Isn’t Kidding Around
Terra Ferguson, from New London, NC, was sentenced to 14 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of failing to collect, account, or pay for payroll taxes. Court documents indicate that from 1992 through September 2016, Ferguson, was employed as the office manager at a pediatric office, where she had complete control over […]
Tax Preparer’s Info Goes Up in Smoke
The owner of a tax preparation service, Andrivia Wells, was indicted on charges of aiding and assisting in the preparation of fraudulent tax returns for her clients, filing false tax returns for herself from 2013 to 2017, failing to file a 2018 tax return and obstructing a criminal investigation by the IRS. Wells owned and […]