Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino Sentenced To Prison
Jersey Shore’s Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino is headed to prison on tax charges.
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GoFundMe Donations For Homeless Man Disappear
It was a story right out of a movie. A young woman found herself stranded in the city one evening after she ran out of gas. Scared and without any cash, she wasn’t sure what she would do. Eventually, she was approached by a homeless man who used his own money to buy her gas….
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Manafort Found Guilty On Tax And Other Charges
The jury reached a partial verdict in USA v. Manafort today. Paul J. Manafort Jr., President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was found guilty of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud, and one count of failing to file foreign bank account reports (FBAR). Initially, Manafort and his co-defendant, Rick Gates, had faced 12…
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Cohen Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion & More
President Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty today to a total of eight counts of tax evasion, making false statements, and campaign finance violations. Here’s a look at the charges, and how they evolved. Counts 1-5 are violations of 26 U.S.C. §7201(1), one count for each of the years 2012 through 2016. The statute…
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Tax Charges In The Manafort Trial
The defense rested in USA v. Manafort yesterday following 11 days of court proceedings. Paul J. Manafort, Jr., President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was present but did not testify in his defense in the trial which arose as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election. Initially, Manafort faced…
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21 IRS Phone Scammers Finally Face Sentencing
Why can’t the government catch these guys? That was the sentiment echoed in my inbox over and over as those Internal Revenue Service (IRS) impersonation phone scams exploded. It felt painfully slow, but arrests were finally made in India. This week, many of those scammers were sentenced for their crimes. Twenty-one members of a massive…
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8 World Cup Soccer Players Caught Up In Tax Scandals
On June 14, 2018, soccer’s World Cup, kicked off. With 32 teams each boasting a squad of 23 players, there are more than 700 players making an appearance. Of those, here are eight soccer players in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia who have been caught up in tax scandals.
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Taxi King Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud
New York’s so-called “Taxi King” has pleaded guilty to tax fraud. Evgeny “Gene” Freidman has pleaded guilty to a single count of criminal tax fraud, agreeing that he failed to remit $5 million in 50-cent MTA surcharges.
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Former Tax Pro Sentenced To Prison For Illegal Vote
Crystal Mason admits that she made a mistake. But she couldn’t imagine how that one mistake would lead to another mistake – and an additional five-year prison sentence.
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Guilty Verdict In Tax Case Tied To Former Congressman
An investigation into a tax and fraud scheme involving the School District of Philadelphia previously resulted in guilty verdicts for Chaka “Chip” Fattah, Jr. and his father, former Congressman Chaka Fattah. Today, a jury added another guilty verdict to the mix.
