A Florida man has been sentenced to over four years in federal prison for filing hundreds of fake tax returns in several states, including Oregon, federal prosecutors said.
BALTIMORE (AP) — The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore was charged Wednesday with fraud and tax evasion involving sales of her self-published children’s books. An 11-count federal indictment accuses Catherine Pugh of using her “Healthy Holly” books to enrich herself, promote her political career and fund her run for mayor. Federal authorities say Pugh and […]
A mother of two out of Fort Worth, Texas has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for illegally voting in the 2016 presidential election while on supervised release serving a fraud conviction. Buzz Feed News reports 43-year-old Crystal Mason was released from jail after serving three years in prison for fraud conviction in 2011. Mason […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper DMX pleaded guilty to tax fraud Thursday, admitting he concealed millions of dollars in revenue to dodge $1.7 million in taxes he’d otherwise owe. DMX, also known as Earl Simmons, faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced in Manhattan federal court. Judge Jed Rakoff set sentencing […]
A Georgia woman must have thought she hit the jackpot when she was issued a check for a $94 million dollar refund. Instead, once she went to cash the check, she was, predictably, arrested. The New York Daily News reports: Georgia authorities went to a great deal of trouble to nab a woman who filed […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fake IRS agents have targeted more than 366,000 people with harassing phone calls demanding payments and threatening jail as part of a huge nationwide tax scam. More than 3,000 people have fallen for the ruse, Timothy Camus, a Treasury deputy inspector general for tax administration, said Thursday. They have been duped out […]
