Atlantic City Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Jail for Fraud
Atlantic City Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Jail for Fraud Eduardo Cortez, a resident of Mays Landing, , was sentenced to 36 months incarceration and three years of supervised release…
German National Arrested for Smuggling Coral from the Philippines
German National Arrested for Smuggling Coral from the Philippines Gunther Wenzek, a German national, was arraigned today in District Court in Alexandria, Va., on a nine count indictment charging him…
AT&T Technical Services Corp. to Pay U.S. more than $8.2 Million to Settle False Claims Involving the E-Rate Program
AT&T Technical Services Corp. to Pay more than $ Million to Settle False Claims Involving the E-Rate Program AT&T Technical Services Corp. (AT&T-TSCO) has agreed to pay $8,266, as part…
U.S. Court Permanently Shuts Down Two Pennsylvania Tax Preparers
Court Permanently Shuts Down Two Pennsylvania Tax Preparers A federal judge in Pennsylvania has permanently barred Chalamar Muhammad and her husband, Curtis Muhammad, from preparing tax returns for others. Judge…
Statement from Matthew A. Miller, Director of the Office of Public Affairs, Regarding Issuance of the National Research Councils Report on Forensic Science
Statement from Matthew A. Miller, Director of the Office of Public Affairs, Regarding Issuance of the National Research Councils Report on Forensic Science We appreciate the diligent work of the…
U.S. Court Issues Permanent Injunction Order Against Maine Tax Return Preparer
Court Issues Permanent Injunction Order Against Maine Tax Return Preparer A federal court in Maine permanently barred Donna L. Hamilton from preparing federal tax returns for others. The court also…
UBS Enters into Deferred Prosecution Agreement
UBS Enters into Deferred Prosecution Agreement UBS AG, Switzerlands largest bank, has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by impeding the…
Justice Department Obtains $120,000 Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Chicago Area Realtors
Justice Department Obtains $120,000 Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Chicago Area Realtors RE/MAX East-West, a real estate firm in Elmhurst, Ill., and one of its former real estate agents, John…
United States Files Clean Air Lawsuit Against Louisiana Generating
United States Files Clean Air Lawsuit Against Louisiana Generating The United States has filed a complaint against Louisiana Generating alleging that the company violated the Clean Air Act by operating…
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Justice Department & The Department and IRS announced that over 14,700 taxpayers have come forward to report previously-undisclosed foreign bank accounts under the voluntary disclosure program the IRS implemented following…
United States Joins Suits Against Scios and Johnson & Johnson
United States Joins Suits Against Scios and Johnson & Johnson The United States has intervened in two whistleblower suits filed in the Northern District of California against the drug manufacturer…
United States Asks Court to Enforce Summons for UBS Swiss Bank Account Records
United States Asks Court to Enforce Summons for UBS Swiss Bank Account Records The government filed a lawsuit today in Miami against Swiss bank UBS AG. The lawsuit asks the…