Waco, Texas Tax Preparer Tries Wacko Scheme
Tax preparer, Janell Lighter, from Waco, TX  pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in federal court. In the indictment and information presented at the hearing it revealed Lighter assisted her co-defendant Stacey Anderson in preparing and filing false tax returns. Anderson operated her business out of her home in Waco. In 2013 […]
Tax Defier Might Be Protesting from Prison
Lawrence Martin Birk, from Colorado, was convicted of tax evasion by a federal jury in Denver, CO after a one-week trial. Birk was the sole owner of Tarryall River Log Homes, LLC, and considered himself a tax defier. For more than 20 years, Birk didn’t pay federal income taxes. It wasn’t until the IRS started […]
Boy Wonder Not So Wonderful
Chris Roberts, a former councilman and school board member from Jefferson Parrish, LA, was indicted on 29 counts of tax evasion and wife fraud, just 10 days after resigning. Roberts was hailed as the “boy wonder†when he was elected to the office two decades ago at the age of 21. The charges state that […]