Archive for 'New York' Category

White Plains

By Anna - Last updated: Monday, October 19, 2009

New York Accountant Pleads Guilty to Conspiring
to Defraud the IRS
A New York accountant who assisted a tax client to conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars in income from the Internal Revenue Service pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr. announced.
 
 
Sophie Uber, 63, White Plains, N.Y., [...]

Williamsville

By Anna - Last updated: Saturday, October 10, 2009

MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS
Jason Kochan, 31, of Williamsville, New York, pleaded guilty before Chief Judge Richard J. Arcara, U.S. District Court, to a felony charge of filing a false tax return, Acting U.S. Attorney Kathleen M. Mehltretter of the Western District of New York announced today. This charge carries a maximum [...]

Elma

By Anna - Last updated: Saturday, October 10, 2009

Elma businessman sentenced to more than 4 years in postal scam
An Elma businessman was sentenced to four years and four months in federal prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to mail fraud, money laundering and filing a false tax return.
A tearful and apologetic William L. Toth Jr., 42, told District Judge Richard J. Arcara he [...]

Rochester

By Anna - Last updated: Saturday, October 10, 2009

ROCHESTER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION
ROCHESTER, N.Y.– Frank Vicaretti, Jr., age 42, of Rochester, New York,
pleaded guilty on November 4, 2008, before U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa, to a felony information charging him with one count of Tax Evasion, U.S.
Attorney Terrence P. Flynn of the Western District of New York announced today. [...]

Cheektowaga

By Anna - Last updated: Saturday, October 10, 2009

Orchard Park Resident Sentenced on Copyright Infringement and Tax Fraud Convictions
BUFFALO, NY—Christopher Boyd, 63, was sentenced today by the Honorable William M. Skretny, United States District Judge, principally to a term of imprisonment of 46 months, to be followed by three years of supervised release as a result of his conviction on charges that he [...]

Orchard Park

By Anna - Last updated: Saturday, October 10, 2009

Orchard Park developer spared jail in tax fraud

An Orchard Park real estate developer was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in May to charges that he conspired to defraud the United States.
Victor Liberatore, 75, was sentenced to one year of home confinement and two years’ probation by Hon. Richard Arcara, chief judge of U.S. District Court [...]

Central Square

By Anna - Last updated: Saturday, October 10, 2009

Central Square man sentenced for tax evasion
 
Syracuse, NY — A Central Square man found guilty of tax evasion was sentenced to 21 months in jail and fined $10,000, officials announced today.
Richard R. Murtaugh, 66, president of a recycling company with scrap metal yards in Fulton and Rome, was sentenced June 24 for tax evasion and [...]

Alden

By Anna - Last updated: Saturday, October 10, 2009

New York Inmate Sentenced for Submitting False Claims for Refunds
Juan Sanchez was sentenced to 57 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $15,532 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Sanchez, who is a prisoner in the Wende Correctional Facility in Alden NY, pleaded guilty [...]

Manhattan

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

WASHINGTON – Stavros Lubinof, owner of Apollo Tax Services in mid-town Manhattan, N.Y., pleaded guilty today to tax charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Lubinof waived indictment and pleaded guilty to a two count criminal information charging him with conspiracy to defraud the IRS and with aiding and assisting in the [...]

Suffolk County

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

WASHINGTON – A federal district judge in New York has permanently barred Howard Levine from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The court also ordered Levine to provide his customer lists to the government and to mail copies of the court order to his customers.
According to the government complaint, Levine [...]