Archive for 'Florida' Category

Spring Hill

By Anna - Last updated: Thursday, October 8, 2009

A federal judge in Tampa, Fla., has permanently barred a Spring Hill, Fla., tax preparer from preparing federal tax returns, the Justice Department announced today. U.S. District Court Judge James D. Whittemore of the Middle District of Florida entered the permanent injunction order against Gerard Mirabella, who consented to it.
According to the Justice Department complaint [...]

Clearwater

By Anna - Last updated: Thursday, October 8, 2009

DISBARRED FLORIDA LAWYER PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
Involves former National Revenue Corporation Executive
COLUMBUS — A disbarred Florida lawyer pled guilty to a conspiracy charge today in connection with a scheme by Richard D. Schultz, former CEO of National Revenue Corporation, to conceal millions of dollars in an attempt to defraud creditors [...]

Deltona

By Anna - Last updated: Thursday, October 8, 2009

A doctor in the Orlando, Florida, area pleaded guilty to one count of failure to file an income tax return.
According to the plea agreement, Nelson V. Vazquez, 48, of Deltona, Florida, intentionally did not file income tax returns from 2002 to 2004. The total amount of unpaid taxes for those three years was $54,140.
Vazquez, a [...]

Orlando

By Anna - Last updated: Thursday, October 8, 2009

Wesley Snipes was indicted Tuesday in Tampa, Fla., on conspiracy to defraud the IRS and failing to file income tax returns.
The Blade actor and two other men, Eddie Ray Kahn and Douglas P. Rosile, are charged with six counts of failure to file taxes.
Snipes, 44, is also charged with two counts of filing fraudulent tax [...]

Sarasota

By Anna - Last updated: Thursday, October 8, 2009

A business that claimed it could remove customers from the federal taxing system apparently was too good to be true.
Carel A. Prater, also known as Chad Prater, was an indicted by a grand jury Thursday for corrupt interference with Internal Revenue Service laws, aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns, failure to [...]

Fruitland Park

By Anna - Last updated: Thursday, October 8, 2009

A dentist from Fruitland Park with ties to film star Wesley Snipes‘ former tax adviser faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of scheming to evade federal income taxes.
Mark Scott Maggert, 57, a licensed dentist in Florida since 1979, was arrested Monday at a dental clinic on Main Street in Wildwood and charged [...]

Central Florida

By Anna - Last updated: Thursday, October 8, 2009

Central Florida professional golfer
Jim Thorpe is expected to plead guilty to two counts of failure to pay income taxes, according to a plea agreement signed today.
Thorpe, who is a more than 10-time winner on the Champions Tour, was charged in February with seven counts of failing to file income tax returns and failing to pay [...]

Miami

By Anna - Last updated: Monday, October 5, 2009

July 24, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Daniel W. Auer, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, and Michael K. Fithen, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, announced that defendant Gary Bart Rosenfeld, 53, of Miami, Florida pled guilty today to [...]

Boca Raton

By Anna - Last updated: Monday, October 5, 2009

August 21, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John A. DiCicco, Acting Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, and Daniel W. Auer, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, announced that defendants Judith Artzt and Norman Artzt were sentenced [...]

Lake Worth

By Anna - Last updated: Monday, October 5, 2009

September 29, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Daniel W. Auer, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, announced that defendant Georgia Gaines, 47, of Lake Worth, FL, was sentenced today before U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Marra to one year and [...]