Crime

CPA indicted for charity fraud scheme

A Georgia CPA has been indicted by a federal grand jury for promoting syndicated conservation easement tax schemes that involved…

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Swiss Life settles US tax evasion charge for $77m

The Swiss Life Entities have agreed to pay $77.3m in restitution, forfeitures, and penalties to the US Treasury after admitting…

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Colorado businessman indicted for over $700,000 tax fraud

A Colorado business owner has been indicted for tax evasion, following claims that he owes the IRS over $700,000 in…

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Virginia return preparer pleads guilty to tax evasion

A Virginia tax return preparer faces a maximum of five years in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion.

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Tax attorney charged with enabling $225m tax fraud

A Houston-based tax attorney has been charged with conspiring with a private equity boss to defraud the IRS of taxes…

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AICPA hands out raft of disciplinary actions

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has announced a raft of disciplinary actions for five of its members.

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LA accountant receives 10-year prison sentence for embezzlement

A former accounting manager for the LA-based media technology services firm Hypermedia Systems has been sentenced to 10 and a…

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Laredo man charged with accounting fraud scheme

A Laredo resident has been charged with stealing money from an automobile financing company through a kickback and accounting fraud…

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Return preparer pleads guilty to $550,000 tax fraud scheme

Hildares Kinkesha Parker-Greene, a North Carolina tax return preparer, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the US for a…

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Construction VP sentenced for accounting fraud scheme

A former vice president of preconstruction services at MGT Construction, a Richmond-based construction company, has been sentenced to 27 months…

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