Father/Son Owners Of Area Auto Dealership Charged With Tax, Bank Fraud Father/Son Owners Of Area Auto Dealership Charged With Tax, Bank Fraud Father/Son Owners Of Area Auto Dealership Charged With Tax, Bank Fraud
Father/Son Owners Of Area Auto Dealership Charged With Tax, Bank Fraud A father and son who own a Hudson Valley auto dealership are facing charges for an alleged multi-million dollar tax and bank fraud scheme. Central Valley residents Mehdi and Saeed Moslem, the owners of the Exclusive Motor Sports car dealership in their Orange County hometown, were arrested and indicted for their roles in conspiring to defraud the United States, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced. It is alleged that from 2009 through 2016, Mehdi Mosel, 70 and his son, 35, concealed millions of dollars in profits from the IRS that were tied to their dealership. Berman said that to fals…
Tax Preparer In Westchester Sentenced For Fraud For Second Time Tax Preparer In Westchester Sentenced For Fraud For Second Time Tax Preparer In Westchester Sentenced For Fraud For Second Time
Tax Preparer In Westchester Sentenced For Fraud For Second Time A tax preparer in Northern Westchester will avoid jail time after admitting to tax fraud earlier this year. Steve Sabba, 61, of Yorktown Heights, and his company, Tax Pro Financial Network, Inc. was sentenced after pleading guilty in February to multiple charges of criminal tax fraud, felonies. Sabba has been sentenced to five years’ probation, during which he will be monitored by an authorized tax professional in the preparation of tax returns. He’s also made restitution of $25,270 to the IRS, $7,717 of which will be paid to Synchrony Bank. Tax Pro was sentenced to a three-year conditiona…
Another Person Pleads Guilty In $1M Tax Refund Scam Another Person Pleads Guilty In $1M Tax Refund Scam Another Person Pleads Guilty In $1M Tax Refund Scam
Another Person Pleads Guilty In $1M Tax Refund Scam One more defendant accused of belonging to a ring that used identities stolen from residents of Puerto Rican and elsewhere to obtain fraudulent tax refunds has pleaded guilty, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Wellington Feliz, 36, of the Bronx, was charged with theft of government property and aggravated identity theft. Feliz admitted that he and the others in the scam received more than $1 million fraudulent income tax refunds using the stolen identities, which they used to fill out 1040 tax returns. The scammers falsified information such as wages earned and the amount of taxes withheld …
Tax Preparer In Fairfield County Sentenced For Filing Numerous False Returns Tax Preparer In Fairfield County Sentenced For Filing Numerous False Returns Tax Preparer In Fairfield County Sentenced For Filing Numerous False Returns
Tax Preparer In Fairfield County Sentenced For Filing Numerous False Returns A tax preparer from Stratford will spend time behind bars after admitting to preparing false federal income tax returns. Juan Silva, 38, was sentenced in Hartford district court to seven months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for preparing numerous false income tax returns. Silva was also ordered to serve 45 days of home confinement and must perform 80 hours of community service while on release. Silva operated Oficina Hispana, a multi-service business that included tax return preparations. Between 2011 and 2017, he falsified itemized deductions and unreimbursed employe…
Linden Tax Preparer Charged With Tax Evasion Linden Tax Preparer Charged With Tax Evasion Linden Tax Preparer Charged With Tax Evasion
Linden Tax Preparer Charged With Tax Evasion A 64-year-old man who owns a tax return preparation business was arrested Monday on charges of tax fraud and tax evasion, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.  Linden resident Terrance LeGall, who has run LeGall Group since 2009, is accused of preparing false returns for clients between 2013 and 2017 LeGall allegedly used a number of methods, including fake charitable donations, to help his clients obtain unearned tax refunds.  He also concealed his involvement by refraining from signing tax returns as a preparer, using only the client's name instead, authorities said.  He is al…
Area Tax Preparer Charged With Evasion, Filing Fraudulent Returns Area Tax Preparer Charged With Evasion, Filing Fraudulent Returns Area Tax Preparer Charged With Evasion, Filing Fraudulent Returns
Area Tax Preparer Charged With Evasion, Filing Fraudulent Returns A Hudson Valley tax preparer has been charged in an 84-count indictment for a long-running scheme where his company assisted in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns. Eversley Barrett, the owner of Eversley Tax in New Windsor, surrendered himself into custody at White Plains Federal Court on Thursday, April 11, where he was charged with 83 counts of aiding and assisting the preparation of fraudulent U.S. tax returns and one count of attempting to evade or defeat taxes. According to the indictment, from 2012 through 2016, Barrett’s company prepared and submitted approximately 7…
Teaneck Preacher Admits Stealing $5.3M From Black Nationalist Hate Group Teaneck Preacher Admits Stealing $5.3M From Black Nationalist Hate Group Teaneck Preacher Admits Stealing $5.3M From Black Nationalist Hate Group
Teaneck Preacher Admits Stealing $5.3M From Black Nationalist Hate Group A Teaneck preacher who led a religious hate group admitted in federal court in Newark on Wednesday that he stole what prosecutors said was more than $5.3 million from the organization over nearly a decade to pay for luxury cars, lavish vacations and private school for his children. As part of a plea deal with the government, Lincoln Warrington, 48, admitted pocketing the money from his Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ (ICGJC) through a dummy entertainment company that he created with Jermaine Grant, 43, of Burlington Township. Grant, the organization's treasurer, admitted conspiring …
CT Business Owner Admits To Filing False Tax Returns Of Nearly $300K CT Business Owner Admits To Filing False Tax Returns Of Nearly $300K CT Business Owner Admits To Filing False Tax Returns Of Nearly $300K
CT Business Owner Admits To Filing False Tax Returns Of Nearly $300K A Connecticut businessman has admitted to falsifying his tax returns to the tune of nearly $300,000, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced this week. Town of Durham resident William Scalzi, the owner of Transportation General in West Haven, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of subscribing a false tax return after understating his taxes for several years. According to the U.S. Attorney, Scalzi, 61, understated his taxable income by running personal expenses through his company.   Scalzi admitted to using his company’s credit cards to pay for numerous personal expenses, which wer…
Fans Are Sending 'The Situation' Letters In Prison (And You Can Too) Fans Are Sending 'The Situation' Letters In Prison (And You Can Too) Fans Are Sending 'The Situation' Letters In Prison (And You Can Too)
Fans Are Sending 'The Situation' Letters In Prison (And You Can Too) Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino reported to federal prison on Tuesday and according to his wife, he's doing great. The "Jersey Shore" star, 36, shared his mailing address at New York's Federal Correction Institute in Otisville -- where he'll be for his eight-month stint for tax fraud -- encouraging fans to send in letters. “Hi Everyone, it’s Lauren. Mike would like to thank all of his fans worldwide for the unbelievable outpouring of love & support," Lauren Sorrentino tweeted on her husband's account. "We speak everyday & he’s doing great. He’s received thousands of letters, he wo…
Tax Preparer Indicted For Filing False Returns In Naugatuck Tax Preparer Indicted For Filing False Returns In Naugatuck Tax Preparer Indicted For Filing False Returns In Naugatuck
Tax Preparer Indicted For Filing False Returns In Naugatuck A tax preparer in Connecticut is facing a dozen charges for allegedly filing false returns over the course of several years. Ana Nunez - also known as Ana Pagoaga - of Naugatuck, has been indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with 12 counts of filing false tax returns. She has pleaded not guilty to the charges. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that Nunez was the owner of Nunez Multiservices, LLC, a tax return preparation service located in her hometown. Between 2011 and 2016, Nunez allegedly falsified information on tax returns she prepared for clients and caused the returns to be fil…
Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Gets 2½ Years In Federal Pen For Conning IRS, Helping 14 Others Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Gets 2½ Years In Federal Pen For Conning IRS, Helping 14 Others Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Gets 2½ Years In Federal Pen For Conning IRS, Helping 14 Others
Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Gets 2½ Years In Federal Pen For Conning IRS, Helping 14 Others A judge in Newark on Thursday sentenced a former Teaneck tax preparer to 2½ years in federal prison for helping himself and 14 clients cheat on their taxes. Sixto Rodriguez, 55, who'd moved to Kissimmee, FL, must serve just about all of the sentence. There's no parole in the federal prison system. He was convicted earlier this year by U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty of dozens of counts of filing the bogus returns following a one-week bench trial in federal court in Newark. At the Teaneck business he named "1-2-3 Taxes," Rodriguez "inflated education credits, charitable don…
Tax Dodge Sends 'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother To Federal Prison Tax Dodge Sends 'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother To Federal Prison Tax Dodge Sends 'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother To Federal Prison
Tax Dodge Sends 'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother To Federal Prison Former "Jersey Shore" personality Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino was sentenced Friday to eight months in federal prison and his brother, Marc, to two years for ducking taxes on what authorities said was nearly $9 million in income from promotional gigs -- while claiming pricey clothing, high-end cars and personal grooming as business expenses. Both were scheduled to go to trial late last year but agreed to plea deals from the government instead. Michael Sorrentino, 37, pleaded guilty in January to tax evasion, while Marc Sorrentino, 39, admitted in U.S. District Court in Newar…