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Get ready for taxes: Here’s what’s new and what to consider when filing in 2022
The IRS encourages taxpayers to get informed about topics related to filing their federal tax returns in 2022. These topics include special steps related to charitable contributions, economic impact payments and advance child tax credit payments. Taxpayers can visit IRS.gov/getready for … Continue reading
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Covid-19 Relief Fraud Potentially Totals $100 Billion, Secret Service Says
The U.S. Secret Service said that nearly $100 billion has potentially been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs designed to help individuals and businesses harmed by the pandemic. The funds have “attracted the attention of individuals and organized criminal networks” world-wide, … Continue reading
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Self-Defense Instruction Was Due
An instruction is due on request when substantial evidence supports it even where there is contrary evidence. Statutes allowed appellant to use deadly force if appellant “reasonably believe[d] that such deadly force [was] necessary to protect himself … against … … Continue reading
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Orlando sisters sentenced in $25 million tax fraud scheme
Petra Gomez and her co-conspirator, her sister, Jakeline Lumucso, were sentenced to eight and four years in federal prison, respectively. They operated a tax preparation business with five locations in central Florida that filed more than 16,000 false tax returns … Continue reading
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Lee’s Summit Man Pleads Guilty to Arson, Insurance Fraud Conspiracy
A Lee’s Summit, Missouri, man has pleaded guilty in federal court to leading an arson and insurance fraud conspiracy and to illegally possessing firearms. Wandale J. Fulton, 40, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Jan. 27, to one count of conspiracy to … Continue reading
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DC Solar owner sentenced to 30 years in prison for billion dollar Ponzi scheme
Jeff Carpoff, the owner of California-based DC Solar, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison and forfeited $120 million in assets to the U.S. government for victim restitution after creating a Ponzi-scheme that involved the sale of thousands of … Continue reading
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Capital One Settles a Class-Action Lawsuit for $190 Million in a 2019 Hacking
Capital One has agreed to pay $190 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by customers of the bank after a hacker stole the personal data of more than 100 million people in 2019. The settlement would cover 98 million … Continue reading
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NC man’s seminars on defrauding the IRS cost the government $38 million, feds say
Mehef Bey, who went by the alias Arthur Daniels, traveled the country recruiting people to file bogus tax returns seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in refunds from the Internal Revenue Service, according to federal prosecutors. He succeeding in recruiting … Continue reading
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Prairie Village man sentenced to 12 years for $7.3 million dollar payday loan fraud, $8 million tax evasion
Joel Tucker was sentenced to 12 years and six months in federal prison and ordered to pay over $8 million in restitution to the IRS after selling false information or fictitious debts to payday loan businesses and not filing federal … Continue reading
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Rochester man going to prison and ordered to pay millions in restitution for his role in Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of millions of dollars
John Piccarreto Jr. was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution totaling $19,842,613.66 after he was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and filing a false tax return. He conspired with others to obtain … Continue reading
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