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El Segundo
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal judge in Los Angeles has barred Martin A. Kapp, a certified public accountant from El Segundo, Calif., from preparing federal income tax returns claiming a so-called mariner’s tax deduction, the Justice Department announced today. The permanent injunction was entered by U.S. District Judge George Schiavelli of the Central District of [...]
Bakersfield
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction against Lowell Baisden, a Bakersfield, Calif., Certified Public Accountant, the Justice Department announced today. The injunction prevents him from promoting his tax scheme and was issued after a two-day evidentiary hearing in Fresno, Calif.
The court issued the injunction after it [...]
Rialto
WASHINGTON – Matthew Carl Berry was convicted on federal tax fraud charges yesterday following a jury trial in Riverside, Calif., the Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Berry, of Rialto, Calif., was indicted on September 13, 2006, for one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and three counts of [...]
Walnut Creek
WASHINGTON – A San Francisco federal judge has ordered Edwin Lichtig III and his Walnut Creek, Calif.-based firm, GSL Advisory Solutions, to stop promoting unlawful tax schemes, the Justice Department announced today. The defendants agreed to the permanent injunction order without admitting the government’s allegations against them. The United States sued Lichtig and GSL alleging [...]
San Diego
WASHINGTON – Craig Shaber, an attorney from San Diego was arraigned today before Magistrate Judge Anthony J. Battaglia in that city on charges of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and tax evasion for years 2000 to 2002, the Justice Department and IRS announced. On Aug. 14, 2009, Steven Wright, an accountant, pleaded [...]
Morgan Hill
FORMER MORGAN HILL MAN SENTENCED TO 27 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR TAX FRAUD
Ordered to Pay Restitution of $111,769
SAN FRANCISCO — David Marion Simcho was sentenced Monday to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $111,769 for his role in marketing and promoting [...]
San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury indicted Harry Warren Green, yesterday with four counts of filing false tax return, United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello and Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Scott O’Briant announced.
According to the indictment, for the 2000 through 2002 tax years, Green is alleged to have aided or assisted [...]
San Mateo
SAN MATEO MAN CHARGED WITH CLAIMING A $5 MILLION FRAUDULENT REFUND FROM IRS
SAN JOSE – A federal grand jury in San Jose indicted Seth Sundberg, a.k.a. Franco Metcalf, of San Mateo, California, yesterday for mail fraud, filing a false tax return, and false claims against the United States, United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello and [...]
Oakland
LIVERMORE LANDSCAPER SENTENCED FOR TAX EVASION
Failed to report more than $360,000 in gross receipts. Paid off mortgage, purchased Ford F250 Truck and $40,000 10-Month CD
OAKLAND, Calif, – Kevin Matthew Hoggatt was sentenced yesterday to five months community confinement followed by five months home detention, three years of supervised release, a $30,000 fine and ordered to [...]
Riverside
August 5, 2008
FATHER AND SON SENTENCED IN TAX SCHEME THEY TRIED TO COVER UP WHEN FATHER SHOT SON
Riverside, Calif. – A father who shot his son in an attempt to develop a “duress” defense after IRS investigators uncovered a tax fraud scheme that used personal information belonging to homeless people to file fraudulent tax returns [...]
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