Maplewood Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Fraud Maplewood Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Fraud
Maplewood Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Fraud A woman who ran a Maplewood tax preparation business has admitted helping a client defraud the government in order to obtain tax refunds, the US Attorney's Office said Monday.  Zenobia Williams, 52, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the IRS in Newark federal court. She is scheduled to be sentenced in April.  In 2016, her company, Maplewood Business Services, prepared a return for a New Jersey business owner reporting false labor expenses for the 2015 tax year.  On January 5, 2016, Williams sent the business owner a text message, stating, “Hey Fella, I have 1 client rig…
E. Orange Couple, Several From Jersey City Charged In Hawaii Tax Refund Scam E. Orange Couple, Several From Jersey City Charged In Hawaii Tax Refund Scam
E. Orange Couple, Several From Jersey City Charged In Hawaii Tax Refund Scam A woman who ran a Jersey City tax preparation service and her husband have pleaded guilty in a scheme to obtain fraudulent tax refunds by filing dozens of bogus returns, sometimes in the names of dead people, with the states of New Jersey and Hawaii, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday.  Several others also pleaded guilty and will be sentenced to probation. State officials say a crew of family and friends helped carry out the fraud.  They were nabbed in Operation Coast to Coast, which was carried out by a number of state agencies, including the Division of Taxation and t…
Ex-State Trooper Gets 30 Months For Tax Fraud, Other Offenses Ex-State Trooper Gets 30 Months For Tax Fraud, Other Offenses
Ex-State Trooper Gets 30 Months For Tax Fraud, Other Offenses A State Police sergeant who also owned a Plainfield tax preparation business was sentenced to 30 months in prison for defrauding the IRS and other offenses, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said.  Samuel Davis Jr., 54, previously pleaded guilty to charges that also included filing false returns and witness tampering.  Davis owned Get Organized Tax & Accounting and was also a member of the State Police, from which he retired in 2016 after 28 years of service. Between 2011 and 2016, Davis and Kyna Felder-Ruiz fabricated educational credits, claimed false deductions a…
Essex Preparer Convicted In $900,000 Tax Scam Essex Preparer Convicted In $900,000 Tax Scam
Essex Preparer Convicted In $900,000 Tax Scam An Essex County tax preparer with a fraud conviction already on his record was found guilty of obtaining $900,000 in illegal returns for clients. Joseph Kenny Batts, 50, of Elkridge, MD went to trial after four associates pleaded guilty in the federal conspiracy case. He was convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States and five counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal income tax returns. Batts and co-conspirator Damien Askew operated Tax Pro’s, a tax return preparation and payroll business in West Orange for nearly six years, federal authorities said. In o…
Newark Merchant Admits Taking Part In $3.5 Million Food Stamp Scam Newark Merchant Admits Taking Part In $3.5 Million Food Stamp Scam
Newark Merchant Admits Taking Part In $3.5 Million Food Stamp Scam The former manager of a Newark supermarket admitted taking part in a multi-million scheme to defraud the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said.  Juan Pedorno ran M&R Supermarket from October 2015 to September 2018, a period when the market was accepting SNAP payments via specially issued debit cards. The federally funded SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps, allows users to purchase food but the benefit cannot be exchanged for cash.  But authorities say Pedorno, along with his son Jose, did just that, exchan…
Montvale Tax Preparer Gets 6 Years In Federal Pen For Collecting Returns With Dead Man's ID Montvale Tax Preparer Gets 6 Years In Federal Pen For Collecting Returns With Dead Man's ID
Montvale Tax Preparer Gets 6 Years In Federal Pen For Collecting Returns With Dead Man's ID A tax preparer from Montvale was sentenced Tuesday to six years in federal prison for using a dead man's identity and a Las Vegas P.O. box to illegally collect refunds from the IRS -- while he was already awaiting trial on charges of helping scam the government out of more than $1.6 million. Wayne Dunich-Kolb, 54, must serve the entire term because there is no parole in the federal prison system. From 2006-2008, Dunich-Kolb grossed $500,000 to $657,000 per year – but claimed a total of only $400 for 2006, $526 for 2007 and $489 for 2008 on his own federal income tax returns, U.S. Attorney C…
Ex-NYPD Officer From Area Sentenced For Fraud, Tax Evasion Ex-NYPD Officer From Area Sentenced For Fraud, Tax Evasion
Ex-nypd Officer From Area Sentenced For Fraud, Tax Evasion A former NYPD officer from the area will spend time behind bars for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in disability benefits over two decades while continuing to work security at a strip club. Gerard Scparta, 54, of Campbell Hall in Orange County, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for obtaining approximately $630,000 in disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and underreporting income on his taxes by approximately $268,000. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman noted that while Scparta was obtaining his disability benefits, he earned $1.6 million working as a sec…
Father/Son Owners Of Area Auto Dealership Charged With Tax, Bank Fraud Father/Son Owners Of Area Auto Dealership Charged With Tax, Bank Fraud
Father/Son Owners Of Area Auto Dealership Charged With Tax, Bank Fraud A father and son who own a Hudson Valley auto dealership are facing charges for an alleged multi-million dollar tax and bank fraud scheme. Central Valley residents Mehdi and Saeed Moslem, the owners of the Exclusive Motor Sports car dealership in their Orange County hometown, were arrested and indicted for their roles in conspiring to defraud the United States, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced. It is alleged that from 2009 through 2016, Mehdi Mosel, 70 and his son, 35, concealed millions of dollars in profits from the IRS that were tied to their dealership. Berman said that to fals…
Tax Preparer In Westchester Sentenced For Fraud For Second Time Tax Preparer In Westchester Sentenced For Fraud For Second Time
Tax Preparer In Westchester Sentenced For Fraud For Second Time A tax preparer in Northern Westchester will avoid jail time after admitting to tax fraud earlier this year. Steve Sabba, 61, of Yorktown Heights, and his company, Tax Pro Financial Network, Inc. was sentenced after pleading guilty in February to multiple charges of criminal tax fraud, felonies. Sabba has been sentenced to five years’ probation, during which he will be monitored by an authorized tax professional in the preparation of tax returns. He’s also made restitution of $25,270 to the IRS, $7,717 of which will be paid to Synchrony Bank. Tax Pro was sentenced to a three-year conditiona…
Another Person Pleads Guilty In $1M Tax Refund Scam Another Person Pleads Guilty In $1M Tax Refund Scam
Another Person Pleads Guilty In $1M Tax Refund Scam One more defendant accused of belonging to a ring that used identities stolen from residents of Puerto Rican and elsewhere to obtain fraudulent tax refunds has pleaded guilty, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Wellington Feliz, 36, of the Bronx, was charged with theft of government property and aggravated identity theft. Feliz admitted that he and the others in the scam received more than $1 million fraudulent income tax refunds using the stolen identities, which they used to fill out 1040 tax returns. The scammers falsified information such as wages earned and the amount of taxes withheld …
Tax Preparer In Fairfield County Sentenced For Filing Numerous False Returns Tax Preparer In Fairfield County Sentenced For Filing Numerous False Returns
Tax Preparer In Fairfield County Sentenced For Filing Numerous False Returns A tax preparer from Stratford will spend time behind bars after admitting to preparing false federal income tax returns. Juan Silva, 38, was sentenced in Hartford district court to seven months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for preparing numerous false income tax returns. Silva was also ordered to serve 45 days of home confinement and must perform 80 hours of community service while on release. Silva operated Oficina Hispana, a multi-service business that included tax return preparations. Between 2011 and 2017, he falsified itemized deductions and unreimbursed employe…
Linden Tax Preparer Charged With Tax Evasion Linden Tax Preparer Charged With Tax Evasion
Linden Tax Preparer Charged With Tax Evasion A 64-year-old man who owns a tax return preparation business was arrested Monday on charges of tax fraud and tax evasion, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.  Linden resident Terrance LeGall, who has run LeGall Group since 2009, is accused of preparing false returns for clients between 2013 and 2017 LeGall allegedly used a number of methods, including fake charitable donations, to help his clients obtain unearned tax refunds.  He also concealed his involvement by refraining from signing tax returns as a preparer, using only the client's name instead, authorities said.  He is al…