Tennessee criminal defense attorneys will rarely have clients as outspoken as self-proclaimed “queen” of tax refund fraud Rashia Wilson. Wilson was sentenced earlier this week to 21 years in federal prison for tax fraud, aggravated identity theft, and weapons charges. Wilson, a 27-year-old resident of Tampa, Florida, admitted to stealing in excess of $3 million
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Detroit Pizza Restaurant Owner Indicted for Tax Fraud
Detroit, Michigan, Pizza Restaurant owner Happy Asker is most likely unhappy after the Justice Department indicted him and several others earlier for federal tax violations related to his business, Happy’s Pizza. Michigan-based Happy’s Pizza grew into a thriving business with 100 franchises across six states. After a three-year investigation of the business, Happy along with
Read MoreTax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns
Mark Goldberg, (pictured below) a tax return preparer from the Bronx in New York City, pled guilty to tax fraud last month. In the indictment Goldberg was charged with 40 counts of willfully and/or knowingly inflating tax deductions for his clients, 4 counts of filing fraudulent returns of his own, 1 count of obstruction of
Read MoreStaffing Company Owner Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Failing to Pay Payroll Taxes
A growing area of tax fraud is originating from staffing companies and PEO’s (Professional Employer Organizations) who withhold taxes from their workers and fail to turn the withheld funds over to the IRS. A case earlier this month resulted in a former owner of such a company receiving a 51-month prison sentence for committing such
Read MoreNashville Tax Return Preparers Face Mo’ Problems
As I have written about previously, tax return preparers can face both civil and criminal penalties for preparing false or fraudulent tax returns. One such tax return preparer company, Mo’ Money Taxes, is now dealing with a civil injunction lawsuit, which was filed against them in Nashville by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Middle Tennessee,
Read MoreTax Return Preparer Fraud Can Carry Both Civil and Criminal Penalties
The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice have made it clear that they are turning up the heat on tax return preparers who submit fraudulent or false tax returns. Tax return preparer fraud has consistently been listed on the IRS’ list of “Dirty Dozen Tax Scams.” The IRS states that “tax return preparer
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