by annfitz | Apr 24, 2019 | Tax Evasion, Tax Fraud
Tax fraud is a serious offense. One father and daughter team defrauded the IRS out of $3.4 million. They claimed the organization owed them much more in tax refunds than they actually should have received. The federal government takes tax fraud seriously, and business...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Nov 6, 2018 | Federal Crime, Federal Trial, Fraud, Identity Theft, Southern District of Florida, Tax Fraud, White Collar Crime
A Port St. Lucie, Florida, man was convicted by a federal jury yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida of ten counts of aiding and assisting in the filing of false income tax returns and three counts of filing false income tax...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Sep 20, 2018 | Federal Crime, Fraud, Identity Theft, Southern District of Florida, Tax Fraud, White Collar Crime, Wire Fraud
A former Boca Raton man who ran a Pompano Beach tax-preparation business was sentenced last week to a total of 66 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in May to illegally using the identities of people with cerebral palsy and imprisoned inmates to file...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Sep 20, 2018 | Federal Crime, Fraud, Southern District of Florida, Tax Fraud, White Collar Crime
Yesterday, a federal court in Miami granted a permanent injunction barring Jessyca Bernard from Lauderhill, Florida, from preparing federal tax returns for others. The civil injunction order, to which Bernard agreed, was signed by Chief Judge K. Michael Moore of the...
On behalf of Law Office of Ann Fitz | Sep 20, 2018 | Identity Theft, Medicare Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Tax Fraud, White Collar Crime
In a 2015 article, the NY Post claims that South Florida has become the nation’s “organized fraud capital,” with identity theft tax fraud schemes leading the way. Identity theft, the fastest-growing crime in South Florida, is being used to gather...
