Texas tax preparer admits role in scheme tied to millions in IRS losses
A Texas tax preparer pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent returns that generated improper refunds, part of a wider scheme costing the U.S. millions.
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A Texas tax preparer pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent returns that generated improper refunds, part of a wider scheme costing the U.S. millions.
Americans have received an average of 2.56 billion robocalls per month from January to September, the highest level in six years, PIRG found.
The Texas House and Senate each passed HB 21 with a two-thirds majority, allowing it to take immediate effect.
Another attorney and two tax professionals were indicted for their roles in a $1 billion tax shelter scheme organized by a Dallas lawyer.
He faces 18 counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and 22 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of fraudulent income tax returns.
Federal prosecutors charged Texas billionaire Robert Brockman with a $2 billion tax fraud scheme that they say is the largest such case against an American.
Prosecutors had recommended a sentence of between 19.5 to 24 years behind bars.
The Times' detailed report claims that the current president received far more wealth from his father than he has let on — $413 million in today's dollars, by the Times' accounting.
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, has been found guilty on five counts of tax fraud, one count of failing to disclose his foreign bank accounts and two counts of bank fraud.
Crystal Mason, a mother of four, said she didn't realize when she voted in the 2016 general election she was violating the law.
The defense began calling witnesses today in the federal corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price.
After nearly six years of mystery, the federal government finished unveiling its criminal case against Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, accusing him of political corruption, bribery and tax fraud.
A 34-year-old Texas man pleaded guilty in Idaho to conspiracy to file false tax claims, a crime for which he could spend a decade behind bars.
The IRS is tackling a rapidly growing problem -- tax-related identity theft. Last year, there were more than 640,000 incidents of tax fraud; most involving the theft of social security numbers to file false tax returns claiming monies due.
