An Alabama man was indicted for his part in a scheme to collect millions of dollars from the Internal Revenue Service using false tax returns.
Douglas Ervin Dent, 66, of Birmingham, Alabama, allegedly filed 20 false income tax returns in his own name and on behalf of others between April 2008 and October 2009. Dent knew that he and the other taxpayers were not entitled to the $6.2 million in refunds
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A husband and wife from Greer, South Carolina, were sentenced for filing false tax returns. Julie Greene Tucker, 52, received 33 months in prison and her husband, James Dean Tucker, 54, received eight months of house arrest and five years of probation. The Tuckers were ordered to pay $191,049 restitution to IRS. Julie Tucker embezzled from her employer and did not report the money as income.

A Kansas man who owned a strip club received three years of federal probation for filing false tax returns and underpaying his federal income taxes.
Kirk Roberts, 49, Salina, Kansas, was also ordered to pay $153,510, the full amount of taxes he owes.
He pleaded guilty to three counts of filing false income tax returns for tax years 2006, 2007 and 2008. In his plea, he admitted that while he was the
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A Louisiana lawyer pleaded guilty to making false, fictitious and fraudulent claims to the Internal Revenue Service in an attempt to receive more than $9.7 million in tax refunds.
According to court records, Francis C. Broussard, 53, of West Monroe, Louisiana, had his accountant prepare his 2005 through 2007 tax returns — but Broussard never filed them.
In 2009, Broussard went to a different tax preparer to have his personal tax returns
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If you have tax troubles that haven’t been addressed, it’s time for you to see a tax professional and get to know your options.
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I remember his face, clear as day.
Panicked — that’s the only word to describe it.
I shook his hand; it was a clammy. He was nervous.
For the sake of this column, I’ll call him Bill. At the time, he was my newest client.
Bill was holding a copy of
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Actor Stephen Baldwin pleaded guilty to failure to file income taxes for three years and will pay $300,000 in back taxes to the government.
Baldwin, the youngest of the Baldwin brothers and best known for his roles in The Usual Suspects and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, was arrested in December on charges that could have resulted in a prison sentence of up to four years.
According to Balwin’s attorney, if
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Government investigators reported that the Internal Revenue Service has recouped more than $5.5 billion for the voluntary disclosure programs. NPR sites an Associated Press article titled: Tax Cheats Pony Up $5.5 Billion in Amnesty Program highlights a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that shows how through these programs the IRS was able to get people to come forward to report their offshore bank accounts and assets in exchange for reduced
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The owner of a New Jersey meat distribution company pleaded guilty to evading taxes on income diverted from his companies for personal use.
Nicholas Papanier Sr., 57, of Sewell, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion.
According to court documents, between 2006 and 2009, Papanier owned Nellie’s Provisions, a meat distribution company that provided meat for Primo Hoagies franchises and other independent restaurants.
In 2006, 2007 and 2008, Papanier persuaded
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A Maryland businessman was sentenced to prison for evading more than $500,000 in federal and state taxes.
Bae Soo “Chris” Chon, 49, of Beltsville, Maryland, received one year and a day in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, for the income tax evasion charge. He also must pay a $15,000 fine and restitution of $412,404 to the IRS and $110,245.70 to Maryland.
According to his plea agreement, Chon
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Tony Nghia Nguyen, the owner of a Minnesota company that provided general household services to clients, received five years of probation and 30 days of home detention for failing to pay to the IRS $287,000 in employee withholdings. Nguyen, who pleaded guilty to the charge, admitted that he failed to pay the money withheld from employees from July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007.

The owner of movie theaters in Michigan will spend a year in prison after attempting to evade nearly $1 million in taxes.
Elaine Dawson, 69, of Bellaire, Michigan, pleaded guilty to the tax evasion charge. She was also ordered to pay restitution of $988,366 to IRS.
According to court records, Dawson willfully evaded nearly $1 million in corporate and personal income taxes between 2004 and 2010. Dawson owned five cinemas in Michigan and
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A Michigan businessman pleaded guilty to obstructing the IRS after evading payment and falsifying quarterly tax returns, resulting in a tax loss of more than $250,000.
George Adatsi, 49, of Lansing, Michigan, owned two companies, Health Staffers Inc. and Health Staffers of Michigan Inc., which employed nurses and home health aides who provided health care services in private homes and nursing homes.
Adatsi admitted that he did not forward to the IRS
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Terrell Owens, a six-time NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver, has caught an enormous tax bill from the Internal Revenue Service.
According to celebrity news website TMZ, Owens — popularly known by his initials, T.O. — owes $430,000 in unpaid taxes for the years 2007 and 2009.
During the years Owens racked up the IRS debt, he had lucrative contracts to play football for the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills.
Since not
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An Ohio man will spend the next 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to income tax evasion.
John W. Hufgard, 59, of Bath Township, Ohio, must also pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service of $397,659
Hufgard was the sole proprietor of Universal Service and Repair. Hufgard sold manufacturing racks to metal scrap dealers, and failed to report the proceeds on his federal income tax returns.
Hufgard concealed his scheme by
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An Oklahoma businessman pleaded guilty to willfully failing to pay over to the IRS federal taxes that he withheld from his employees.
Theodore Michael Zachritz, of Nichols Hills, Okla., owned and operated Lifestyle Pools in Oklahoma City. As owner of the company, Zachritz deducted and withheld federal income taxes, Social Security taxes, and Medicare taxes (commonly called “payroll taxes”) from wages of Lifestyle Pools employees. Under federal law, an employer must
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