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Hialeah ex-mayor, wife surrender in tax case

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:02:04 -0400

MIAMI - Hialeah's former mayor and his wife have been released on bail after surrendering to face federal tax evasion charges.

Pa. man, 71, gets prison for lottery tax evasion

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:16:46 -0400

PITTSBURGH - A 71-year-old Pennsylvania man will spend a year in federal prison and pay a $3,000 fine for evading $132,000 in income tax on $520,000 worth of Pennsylvania Lottery winnings.

Ga. Rep. Brooks of Atlanta indicted for wire fraud

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:56:33 -0400

ATLANTA - Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks has been charged in a 30-count federal grand jury indictment with mail fraud, wire fraud and filing false tax returns, U.S. District Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said Thursday.

Wis. court official pleads no contest in tax case

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:28:37 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - A Milwaukee County court commissioner has pleaded no contest to filing false tax documents.

Ex-archdiocese accountant pleads guilty in theft

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:25:05 -0400

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - A former accounting director accused of embezzling $670,000 from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has pleaded guilty to theft charges.

Former Ala. tax preparer sentenced in fraud scheme

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:21:15 -0400

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A former Birmingham tax preparer has been sentenced to three years in prison for helping clients file fraudulent tax returns.

Kirkwood woman convicted of tax fraud

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:12:34 -0400

ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis County woman has been found guilty of federal charges for illegally claiming more than $3 million in tax refunds.

NM woman sentenced for tax evasion

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:58:14 -0400

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Federal prosecutors say a Rio Rancho woman convicted in a tax evasion case has been sentenced to three years of supervised release.

EU to shift bill for bank failures to creditors

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:17:53 -0400

BRUSSELS - European Union governments want to shift the cost of rescuing troubled banks from taxpayers to the banks' creditors - including the holders of large deposits- as part the region's plan to shore up its shaky financial system.

Doc to prison for evading taxes, living high life

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:53:57 -0400

LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas doctor faces more than two years in prison after prosecutors say he evaded his taxes but still found money to travel to Thailand and Costa Rica.

Milan prosecutors demand 6 years for Berlusconi

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:15:48 -0400

MILAN - Milan prosecutors on Monday demanded a prison sentence of six years and a lifetime ban from public office for former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in his sex-for-hire trial.

Liechtenstein ready to relax banking secrecy

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:14:05 -0400

BERLIN - Liechtenstein's prime minister says the principality is prepared to discuss an automatic exchange of bank client information with the European Union.

Pa. woman faces federal sentence for embezzling

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:39:10 -0400

ERIE, Pennsylvania - A central Pennsylvania woman is set for sentencing before a federal judge in Erie on charges she embezzled $970,000 from a furnace company where she worked as a payroll clerk, and failed to declare the money as income.

Man plans to plead guilty in Navy kickbacks case

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:42:25 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - One of several people charged as part of a federal investigation into an alleged $10 million kickback scheme targeting the U.S. Navy plans to change his plea to guilty to four charges of tax evasion, his lawyer said on Thursday.

Ala. man sentenced to 30 months in tax fraud plot

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:20:35 -0400

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - A man accused of filing nearly 30 fraudulent tax 2011 tax returns and requesting more than $93,000 in refunds has been sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Feds: Pa. man laundered stolen drilling firm money

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:59:53 -0400

PITTSBURGH - An auto repair shop owner helped a former natural gas drilling company executive launder more than $762,000 in allegedly stolen money as part of a scheme authorities have said cost the energy firm as much as $10 million.

Former SD surgeon sentenced for tax evasion

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:26:20 -0400

RAPID CITY, South Dakota - A former Rapid City surgeon convicted of trying to cheat the government out of more than $1 million in taxes has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.

Fla. prison guard guilty of inmate ID thefts

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:32:35 -0400

MIAMI - A former corrections officer at a South Florida state prison has pleaded guilty to stealing inmate identifying information for alleged use to commit tax fraud.

Deal reached over Vt. school tax fraud accusations

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:12:29 -0400

BENNINGTON, Vermont - Prosecutors say the former officers of a Bennington school for socially and emotionally challenged children have agreed to plead guilty to federal tax fraud charges and pay a total of $4.3 million to settle potential civil health care fraud liability.

Lauryn Hill gets 3 months for failing to pay taxes

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:50:22 -0400

NEWARK, New Jersey - Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill stood in federal court Monday and compared her experience in the music business to the slavery her ancestors endured before a judge sentenced her to three months in prison for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade.

32 NY officials snared for corruption in 7 years

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:31:27 -0400

ALBANY, New York - With the arrest Monday of another former state Senate majority leader, Albany has seen 32 state level officials snared in corruption cases in the past seven years.

Hoeness remains Bayern president despite tax probe

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:37:04 -0400

BERLIN - Bayern Munich's supervisory board is backing Uli Hoeness to remain club president despite the ongoing tax evasion investigation against him.

Sentencing of Fredericksburg tax evader postponed

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:22:33 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - A judge has postponed the sentencing of a Fredericksburg businessman who admitted he hasn't paid personal income taxes for 25 years.

Judge sentences Paulina woman in tax-evasion case

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:05:25 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - A St. James Parish woman convicted of tax evasion and filing false income tax returns has been sentenced to five years on probation and six months of home incarceration.

Federal prisoner sentenced for bogus tax filings

Fri, 03 May 2013 02:55:05 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - A man who raked in $17,000 filing fraudulent tax returns while in a Virginia federal prison has been sentenced to an additional four years and nine months behind bars.