3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (166+ words) EisnerAmper named a new partner-in-charge of its cannabis and hemp group; the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs elected a new chair; Weaver named a new head of its India operations; RSM announced a big slate of leadership appointments; and more firm…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1229+ words) Chacko and his co‑conspirators inserted false business expenses on client returns to reduce tax liability and generate improper refunds. At times, clients did not know that false items were added to their returns. Quincy, Massachusetts: Former Quincy city official…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (808+ words) Prior Lake, Minnesota: Caesar Munir Wilson has been indicted in federal court on allegations that he filed and conspired to file false tax returns seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent refunds from the IRS. Wilson is charged with…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (522+ words) Franklin, Wisconsin: Tax preparer Jahnell Easly, 29, has pleaded guilty to a count of aiding in the preparation of false returns. Easly prepared and filed federal returns for clients for a fee. For the 2020, 2021 and 2022 tax years, she e-filed some 424 returns…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (645+ words) Greenwich Connecticut: Exec Jeffrey Arsenault, 63, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. From 2019 through 2022, Arsenault also received approximately $2.2 million in net income for performing consulting services for third-party investment firms. Although he knew that he was entitled to only 70% of the…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (908+ words) York, Pennsylvania: Tax preparer Dommonick T. Chatman, 50, has reportedly admitted that he helped push through bogus Paycheck Protection Program applications during the pandemic, retaining part of the money. Chatman, who pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud, oversaw The Chatman…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (465+ words) Even as some of its agents were called away to support other federal operations, IRS Criminal Investigation had a banner year in Fiscal 2025, identifying $10.59 billion in financial crimes — almost 16% more than in 2024. As part of that, according to its Fiscal…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago   (741+ words) Malden, Massachusetts: Tax preparer Yves Isidor, of Somersville, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for filing false returns for clients. Isidor caused a loss to the United States of $443,000. He was also ordered to serve a year of…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (587+ words) New York: David Motovich has been sentenced in federal court in Brooklyn to 15 years in prison for operating an illegal money transmitting business, failure to file currency transaction reports, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, money laundering, aggravated ID…...