December 19, 2008
- U.S. v. Bernard L. Madoff
December 18, 2008 U.S. Department of Justice Press Release:
U.S. v. Bernard L. (…)
December 16, 2008
- Second U.S. Citizen Arrested in Connection with Costa Rica-based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures
December 12th, 2008 U.S. Department of Justice News Release:
Operation Had Connections to Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Nevada
WASHINGTON – A second U.S. (…)
December 10, 2008
- U.S. Citizen Arrested in Connection with Costa Rica-based Business Opportunity Fraud Ventures
USDOJ Release Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Operation Had Connections to Miami
WASHINGTON – A U.S. (…)
December 9, 2008
- Ringleader of Major Bank Fraud Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison
Dec 3, USDOJ Press Release:
NEWARK – A Palisades Park man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for orchestrating a bank fraud scheme involving millions of dollars of fraudulent home equity and business lines of credit, Acting U.S. (…)
December 5, 2008
- Indiana Man Sentenced to 210 Months for His Part in Aegis Company $60 Million Tax Fraud Conspiracy
U.S. Department of Justice Press Release Thursday, December 4, 2008
WASHINGTON - Timothy Shawn Dunn, a Chesterton, Ind., resident, was sentenced to 210 months in prison by U.S. (…)
December 2, 2008
- Four Indicted by New York Grand Jury in Conspiracy to File False Claims for Tax Refunds
Monday, December 1, 2008
Scheme Allegedly Involved Filing False Income Tax Returns Using Names of Clients of NYC Human Resources Administration & Center for Employment Opportunities
WASHINGTON - An 18-count indictment charging Odell Folks of Brooklyn, N.Y., Sharon Smith of Bronx, N.Y., Tanya Smith of Waterbury, Conn., and Keith Terry of Dallas, Ga., with conspiracy to file false claims for refund in the form of false income tax returns was unsealed today, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. (…)
November 24, 2008
- San Francisco Federal Court Halts Sales of Tax Schemes
Update: December 8 2008 - Edwin Lichtig has posted a comment after this USDOJ release that I encourage everyone to read because it points out once again that things are NOT always as they appear. (…)
November 18, 2008
- Tax Elimination Strategy Allegedly Resulted in Loss to the Treasury Exceeding $100 Million
November, 14, 2008 Press Release from the U.S. (…)
November 13, 2008
- Swiss Bank Executive Charged with Aiding U.S. Taxpayers Evade Income Tax
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
WWW.USDOJ.GOV
Swiss Bank Executive Charged with Aiding U.S. Taxpayers Evade Income Tax
Approximately $20 Billion in U.S. (…)
November 6, 2008
- Two Hundred Dollars? Where am I going to get two hundred dollars?
This is interesting in terms of how it impacted Wachovia and of course makes me wonder how many other situations were like this with Wachovia loans. (…)
November 5, 2008
- Yahoo! Inc. and Google Inc. Abandon Their Advertising Agreement
Just saw this press release from the U.S. (…)
November 3, 2008
- U.S. Department of Justice UST Approved Debtor Education Providers Update
If you are looking for debtor education programs, you may be interested in the database of approved debtor education programs maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The U.S. (…)
October 29, 2008
- Miami Woman Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison in Connection with $18 Million Business Opportunity Scam
This one's for you Wayne…
From the U.S. (…)
October 24, 2008
- Two Arrested in Connection with Utah-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Venture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 23, 2008
WWW.USDOJ.GOV
CIV
(202) 514-2007
TDD (202) 514-1888
Two Arrested in Connection with Utah-Based Business Opportunity Fraud Venture
Operation Had Connections to Miami As Well
WASHINGTON – Two individuals charged in connection with the operation of a fraudulent business opportunity scheme were arrested today following their indictment by a Miami federal grand jury on Oct. (…)
