Montgomery, Alabama – On August 29, 2012, Rhashema Deramus, 23 of Montgomery, Alabama pled guilty to multiple charges stemming from her part in a fraudulent income tax refund scheme, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. Deramus and those working for her stole people’s identities and used those stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns. Read More »
Couple repaid their outstanding balance of over $535,000 prior to sentencing PHOENIX – On August 27, 2012, Kevin M. Silva, 54, and Christine A. Silva, 67, both currently of Castro Valley, Calif., were sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 24 months in prison and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. Read More »
LOS ANGELES – A Florida man was convicted today on federal charges of selling and possessing paintings stolen from a Los Angeles art gallery, tax evasion on more than $1.4 million in income, and structuring financial transactions of $226,000 to avoid federal reporting requirements while released on bond. Matthew Taylor, 44, of Vero Beach, Florida, Read More »
BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge today sentenced a former head security guard at a national office-supply store distribution center in McCalla to 2½ years in prison on charges related to his stealing and selling computer software with a retail value of about $851,943, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Atlanta Division U.S. Postal Inspector In Read More »
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, Miami Field Office, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced that defendants Wilson Lau, 75, and his wife, Kate Yuee Lau, 54, formerly of Coral Springs, Read More »
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Jeffrey C. Mazanec, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that Muriel Amanda Dawson, 55, formerly of Broward County, was sentenced today Read More »
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Michael William Joseph, III, 53, an inmate at the Apalachee Correctional Institution in Sneads, Florida, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Tallahassee for his participation in a fraudulent income tax refund scheme involving prisoners. The indictment was announced today by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern Read More »
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Atif Henan, 59, of Los Angeles, and Samy Girgis, 60, of Norwalk, were sentenced today by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to 27 months and 21 months in prison respectively for their roles in a scheme to defraud the State of California of more than $1 million in state tobacco Read More »
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — James O. Molen, 68, of Chico, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with recording false liens to retaliate against federal officers, contempt of court, and interference with tax administration, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Molen pleaded not guilty to the charges and was detained pending further proceedings. His Read More »
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Henry Gutierrez, Postal Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, Miami Division, Read More »
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