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Strip Joint Owner Pleads Guilty to Using Software to Commit Tax Fraud
Published on 18 Jan, 2011 at 9:16 in Cloud | Viewed 68 times | No Comments
A Michigan strip club owner last week pleaded guilty to pulling off a tax scam that entailed using a software program designed to remove a portion of the sales from a computerized point of sales systems, making it appear as if the clubs received less income than they actually did, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service announced.
According to court documents, Nicholas J. Faranso owned…
Nantucket Man Charged with Stealing Income Tax Refunds
Published on 25 Jun, 2010 at 12:33 in Cloud | Viewed 149 times | No Comments
Authorities in Massachusetts have charged a Belorussian man for his alleged role in an international phishing scheme to steal income tax refunds intended for U.S. taxpayers.
According to the indictment, Mikalai Mardakhayeu and his co-scammers ran websites that offered lower-income taxpayers free online tax return preparation and tax return e-filing services. After taxpayers entered their tax information seeking refunds for federal and state taxes, co-conspirators in Belarus…
Hacker Indicted in Tax, Mail, Wire Fraud Conspiracy
Published on 15 Apr, 2010 at 7:11 in Cloud | Viewed 806 times | No Comments
A California-based man who allegedly tried to swindle the government out of millions of dollars by using sophisticated hacking techniques and other conniving methods was indicted last week.
The indictment alleges that as early as 2005, Daniel David Rigmaiden, aka Steven Travis Brawner, conspired with others, including Ransom Marion Carter, III, to steal the names and Social Security numbers of living and deceased individuals, and to use their identities to…
