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Civil and Criminal Actions - 2012

 

Department of Justice Press Releases on Civil and Criminal Actions Taken as a Result of IRS Enforcement Activities - Calendar Year 2012

NOTE: The links to the releases will take you to the Department of Justice web site. This list below is not all inclusive.

Release Date Release Number Type of Action Titles of Release
05/17/12 12-641 Criminal Bay Area Woman Indicted in San Francisco for Tax Evasion and Bank Fraud
05/17/12 12-640 Criminal Defendants in Alabama Plead Guilty in Two Separate Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Schemes
05/17/12 12-637 Civil Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down San Antonio Tax Return Preparers
05/16/12 12-631 Criminal Alabama Sisters Sent to Prison for Their Roles in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
05/14/12 12-625 Criminal Alabama Pharmacist and Wife Plead Guilty to Tax Fraud Conspiracy
05/14/12 12-623 Criminal New Mexico Man Pleads Guilty to Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Crimes
05/11/12 12-620 Criminal Three Former Financial Services Executives Convicted for Roles in Conspiracies Involving Investment Contracts for the Proceeds of Municipal Bonds
05/11/12 12-619 Criminal Virginia Anesthesiologist Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns
05/09/12 12-595 Criminal Michigan Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Tax Fraud Scheme and Gun Crime
05/08/12 12-594 Criminal Leaders of Multi-million Dollar Fraud Ring That Used Stolen Information of Medicaid Recipients Each Sentenced to Over 25 Years in Prison
05/08/12 12-592 Criminal Alabama Return Preparer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Tax Conspiracy Involving Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
05/07/12 12-585 Criminal Abbott Labs to Pay $1.5 Billion to Resolve Criminal & Civil Investigations of Off-label Promotion of Depakote
05/04/12 12-580 Criminal Nine Alabama Family Members Indicted in Conspiracy to Obtain Tax Refunds Using Stolen Identities
05/03/12 12-573 Civil Federal Court Shuts Down Texas Tax Return Preparer
05/02/12 12-570 Criminal Cincinnati Attorney Pleads Guilty to Obstructing IRS
05/02/12 12-567 Criminal Prison Inmate Indicted in Alabama for Filing False Tax Returns
05/01/12 12-564 Criminal Colorado Man and Co-defendant Found Guilty for Scheme to File Approximately $22 Million in False Claims with the IRS
04/30/12 12-559 Criminal President of Costa Rican Company Convicted in Half a Billion Dollar Fraud Scheme with Thousands of Victims Worldwide
04/27/12 12-552 Criminal Virginia Man Sentenced for Filing a False Refund Claim Based on Forms-1099 and for Failing to File Tax Returns
04/26/12 12-547 Criminal Long Island, N.Y., Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to 37 Months for Tax Fraud
04/25/12 12-531 Civil Federal Court Bars Two Louisiana Women from Preparing Tax Returns
04/24/12 12-529 Criminal Massachusetts Financial Advisor Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Tax Crimes and Contempt
04/24/12 12-525 Criminal Florida Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft and Wire Fraud
04/20/12 12-508 Criminal Ohio Attorney Convicted of Tax Fraud and Obstruction of Justice Crimes
04/19/12 12-498 Civil Justice Department Asks Federal Court to Shut Down Three Philadelphia-area Tax Preparers
04/19/12 12-496 Criminal Utah Tax Defier Pleads Guilty in Nine-year Scam to Defraud the United States, Is Sentenced to Two-year Prison Term
04/18/12 12-492 Criminal Tennessee Engineering Consultant and Wife Charged with Tax Crimes
04/18/12 12-491 Civil Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Five South Florida Tax Return Preparers
04/16/12 12-482 Criminal Ohio Insurance Salesman Pleads Guilty to Failing to File Income Tax Returns
04/16/12 12-481 Criminal Former Partner at Major International Accounting Firm Sentenced to Prison for Tax Crimes
04/12/12 12-469 Criminal Pennsylvania Man Arrested for Tax Evasion
04/12/12 12-467 Criminal Five Indicted in Alabama for Conspiracy to Obtain Tax Refunds Using Stolen Identities
04/12/12 12-466 Civil D.C. Federal Court Acts to Halt Alleged “Sham Cemetery” Tax Scheme
04/11/12 12-458 Criminal Alabama Tax Preparation Business Owner and Five Preparers Indicted for Tax Fraud Scheme
04/10/12 12-453 Criminal Pennsylvania Tax Defier Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison
04/10/12 12-452 Criminal Las Vegas Real Estate Agent Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Tax and Bankruptcy Fraud
04/06/12 12-442 Criminal District of Columbia Return Preparer Indicted for Preparing False Tax Returns
04/05/12 12-436 Criminal Montgomery, Alabama, Woman Indicted for Using Stolen Identities and Debit Cards to Obtain Tax Refunds
04/05/12 12-435 Criminal Alabama Woman Indicted for Tax Fraud Using Stolen Identities
04/04/12 12-428 Criminal

Former Executive of Miami-Based Ocean Bank Sentenced to Serve 37 Months in Prison for Participating in Bribery Scheme and Filing False Tax Returns

04/02/12 12-418 Criminal New Hampshire and Massachusetts Residents Convicted for Promoting and Using Tax Defier Schemes
04/02/12 12-417 Criminal Alabama Woman Indicted for Tax Fraud
04/02/12 12-416 Criminal Michigan Man Arrested on Tax Charges
03/30/12 12-406 Criminal Virginia Man Sentenced to 24 Months for Scheme to Conceal Pakistan Government Funding for His U.S. Lobbying Efforts
03/29/12 12-401 Civil Justice Department Asks Federal Court to Bar Indiana Firm from Preparing Tax Returns
03/29/12 12-400 Civil Federal Court Permanently Bars San Diego Accountant from Preparing Tax Returns That Understate Income
03/29/12 12-398 Criminal Six Arraigned on Tax Conspiracy in a Corporate Bonus Scheme Based in Western New York
03/29/12 12-397 Criminal Georgia Tax Preparer Charged with Tax Fraud and Identity Theft
03/28/12 12-393 Civil Justice Department Sues National Tax Preparation Firm and Franchisees to Stop Alleged Pervasive Tax Fraud
03/28/12 12-388 Civil Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Texas Tax Return Preparer
03/28/12 12-387 Criminal Honolulu Firearms Business Owner Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Federal Tax Offenses
03/27/12 12-382 Criminal Witness in Identity Theft and Tax Trial Convicted of Perjury and Lying to a Federal Agent
03/27/12 12-381 Criminal Former Caesars Palace Nightclub Owner, Head Doorman Plead Guilty to Tax Crimes
03/23/12 no number Criminal SK Foods Former Owner and CEO Scott Salyer Pleads Guilty to Racketerring and Price Fixing in California
03/22/12 12-365 Criminal Armenian Power Member and Three Armenian Power Associates Convicted in Los Angeles for Roles in Identity Theft Ring
03/21/12 12-349 Civil Federal Court Bars Former Owner of Brooklyn Tax Firm from Operating Tax Preparation Businesses
03/21/12 12-348 Criminal Noted Scientist Sentenced to 13-Year Prison Term for Attempted Espionage, Fraud and Tax Charges
03/20/12 12-346 Civil Justice Department Seeks to Bar Las Vegas Couple from Preparing Federal Tax Returns
03/20/12 12-344 Civil Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Mississippi Tax Return Preparer
03/20/12 12-343 Criminal Former Army Contractor Sentenced to 39 Months in Prison for Role in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Related to DoD Contracts
03/16/12 12-337 Criminal Georgia Couple Convicted of Conspiring to Defraud IRS and Filing False Returns in South Florida Refund Scheme
03/14/12 12-325 Criminal Former Arizona State Representative Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Tax Evasion Related to the Misuse of More Than $140,000 in Charity Funds
03/14/12 12-322 Criminal Former Employee of Nursing Home Company Operating in North Carolina and Virginia Pleads Guilty to Kickback Schemes and Tax Evasion
03/13/12 12-318 Criminal Six Plead Guilty in Ohio to Tax and Mail Fraud Conspiracies Involving I.D. Theft of Deceased
03/13/12 12-315 Criminal Alabama Woman Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Scheme
03/13/12 12-310 Criminal Former Haitian Government Official Convicted in Miami for Role in Scheme to Launder Bribes Paid by Telecommunications Companies
03/06/12 12-293 Criminal Allen Stanford Convicted in Houston for Orchestrating $7 Billion Investment Fraud Scheme
03/06/12 12-290 Civil Federal Court in Illinois Shuts Down Nationwide “Employee Benefit Plan” Tax Scheme
02/23/12 12-249 Criminal Former Chairman and CEO of Kellogg, Brown & Root Inc. Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Foreign Bribery and Kickback Schemes
02/23/12 12-245 Criminal Wife of Former Army Major Sentenced to 72 Months in Prison for Role in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Related to DoD Contracts
02/22/12 12-239 Criminal Tennessee Couple Plead Guilty to Tax Crimes
02/16/12 12-229 Civil Federal Court Bars California Woman from Preparing Federal Tax Returns
02/16/12 12-225 Criminal Maryland Tax Defier Sentenced to 65 Months in Prison
02/16/12 12-223 Criminal Utah Man Charged with Filing False Claims for Tax Refunds
02/14/12 12-214 Criminal Boca Raton, Florida-based CPA Indicted for Preparing False Tax Returns and Obstructing Internal Revenue Laws
02/13/12 12-212 Criminal New York Man Arrested on Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Charges
02/10/12 12-196 Criminal Florida Resident Convicted for Interfering with the IRS and Filing False Tax Returns
02/10/12 12-193 Criminal Former IRS Employee from Texas Sentenced to Nearly Nine Years in Prison on Theft of Government Property and Aggravated Identity Theft Convictions
02/08/12 12-179 Civil Florida Jury Holds Tax Preparer Liable for $135,000 in Penalties for False Tax Returns
02/08/12 12-177 Civil U.S. Court Bars Two in Alabama from Preparing Federal Tax Returns
02/06/12 12-169 Criminal Californian Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Evading More Than $150,000 in Taxes
02/02/12 12-153 Criminal Swiss Bank Indicted on U.S. Tax Charges
02/02/12 12-152 Criminal Florida Man Indicted for Tax Fraud and Identity Theft
02/02/12 12-151 Criminal Utah Man Charged with Tax Fraud and Bank Structuring
02/01/12 12-147 Civil Federal Court Orders Iowa Man and Eight Companies to Pay Employment Taxes
01/31/12 12-141 Criminal Virginia Contractor Sentenced to Serve 37 Months in Prison for Kickback Scheme and Failure to File Tax Return
01/30/12 12-136 Criminal UBS Clients and Tax Attorney Indicted in Phoenix for Hiding Assets in Secret Foreign Bank Accounts
01/30/12 12-133 Civil Federal Court Bars Nevada Man from Promoting Tax Fraud Scheme
01/27/12 12-123 Civil Federal Court Shuts Down Alabama Tax Preparer
01/26/12 12-116 Criminal Promoter of Anti-Tax Scheme Sentenced in Pennsylvania to Five Years in Prison for Tax Conspiracy
01/25/12 12-104 Criminal Massachusetts Financial Advisor Convicted of Tax Crimes and Contempt
01/25/12 12-103 Criminal Six Charged in Scheme to Use Identities of Deceased People to Get Tax Refunds
01/25/12 12-102 Criminal Former Executive of Miami-Based Ocean Bank Pleads Guilty to Participating in Bribery Scheme and to Filing False Tax Returns
01/24/12 12-099 Criminal Alabama Return Preparers Plead Guilty to Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Scheme
01/24/12 12-098 Criminal New Mexico Man Indicted for Using Stolen Identities to Obtain Tax Refunds
01/24/12 12-097 Criminal Louisiana Tax Return Preparer Indicted for Tax Fraud, Wire Fraud and Identity Theft
01/24/12 12-096 Criminal Witness in Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Trial Indicted in Alabama for Perjury
01/24/12 12-094 Criminal Owner of Alabama Tax Business Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Scheme
01/24/12 12-093 Criminal Justice Department Prevails for a Second Time in Long-running Tax Shelter Case
01/23/12 12-088 Criminal State of Alabama Employee Indicted for Identity Theft and Tax Fraud
01/23/12 12-087 Criminal Three Indicted in Alabama in Conspiracy to Obtain Tax Refunds Using Stolen Identities
01/23/12 12-086 Criminal Alabama Woman Indicted for Using Stolen Identities to Obtain Tax Refunds
01/18/12 12-071 Criminal Arkansas Man Pleads Guilty to Claiming Fraudulent Tax Refunds
01/18/12 12-068 Criminal Alabama Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the United States
01/18/12 12-056 Civil Justice Department Asks Federal Court to Shut Down Louisiana Tax Preparer
01/12/12 12-049 Criminal Utah Chiropractor Convicted of Attempted Evasion of Payment of Income Tax
01/11/12 12-043 Criminal 50 Individuals Charged in Puerto Rico with Allegedly Trafficking Identities of Puerto Rican US Citizens
01/09/12 12-034 Criminal CDR Financial Products Executive and Former Executive Plead Guilty in New York to Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies Related to Municipal Bond Investments
01/06/12 12-028 Criminal Alabama Tax Preparers Sentenced to Prison for Preparing False Tax Returns
01/06/12 12-026 Civil Federal Court Bars Missouri Man from Preparing Federal Tax Returns
01/06/12 12-025 Criminal Alabama Woman Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft and Tax Charges
01/06/12 12-024 Criminal Arizona Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Prison in Money Laundering and Tax Scheme
01/06/12 12-020 Criminal Former Army Major Sentenced to Prison in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Related to Dod Contracts in Support of Iraq War
01/05/12 12-012 Criminal New York Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax Returns
01/03/12 12-004 Criminal Former Assisted Living Facility Chain CEO Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Conspiracy

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