An Iowa woman was sentenced to 21 months in prison for two counts of filing false tax returns.
Regina Jimenez, 60, of Clinton, Iowa, operated AA Accounting & Tax Services Inc. in Clinton, Iowa, from approximately 2007 through 2011. Jimenez used the business to facilitate the theft of over $300,000 from a client who believed that Jimenez would use the money to pay the client’s taxes.
Jimenez instead used the money for
[Read More]

A former mayor in Florida and his wife were charged with criminal tax offenses and making false statements to federal agents.
According to the indictment, former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina, 48, and his wife, Raiza Villacis Robaina, 39, sought to defraud the IRS by conducting financial transactions that concealed their true nature.
Julio Robaina allegedly filed false corporate income returns for the years 2005 through 2007, a time when he was mayor
[Read More]

An Arizona woman will spend the next 30 months in federal prison after admitting that she and others conspired to defraud the U.S. government by filing false tax returns that wrongly claimed refunds.
Shaneika Earline Sims, 30, of Casa Grande, Arizona, must also pay $403,002 in restitution and, upon completion of her prison time, serve a 36-month term of supervised release.
Sims and others filed at least 150 false federal individual income
[Read More]

A Kentucky construction company owner pleaded guilty to evading payment of $177,634 in federal income taxes due for the tax years 1999 through 2001.
Darrell Mathis, of Warren County, Kentucky, and owner of Tri-State Construction, falsely submitted an IRS Offer in Compromise form in which he concealed his personal assets, including vehicles and boats, and ownership of his business, Tri-State Construction.
Mathis concealed his ownership in the company from the IRS by
[Read More]

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
[Read More]

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
[Read More]

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
[Read More]

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
[Read More]

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
[Read More]

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
[Read More]

A Louisiana couple who ran a used car lot pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return.
Norman Ducre, 41, and Jami Ducre, 44, of Slidell, Louisiana, owned and operated J & J Auto Brokers. Norman Ducre was responsible for sales and inventory acquisition and management, while Jami Ducre was responsible for the bookkeeping of the business.
In her plea, Ducre admitted to providing false and fraudulent monthly income and expense statements
[Read More]

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
[Read More]

A Missouri business owner pleaded guilty to filing a false income tax return. Christopher Huffman, 49, of Lexington, Missouri, is the owner of IG Construction, an asphalt and tree-trimming business. Huffman admitted that he engaged in a scheme to underreport the gross receipts for his business on his tax returns for tax years 2006 to 2008 in order to significantly reduce his income tax liability. He faces up to three
[Read More]

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
[Read More]