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U.S.-based conspirators sentenced to prison for international tax scheme
November 29, 2023 — U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Adetunji Adejumo of Oklahoma City, OK to 33 months in prison and Ibrahim Jinadu of Atlanta, GA to 27 months in prison for their roles in a transnational tax fraud scheme. Both had previously pleaded guilty for their roles in this case. A third conspirator, Olufemi Odedeyi of London, UK is pending extradition from the United Kingdom for his role in the scheme. All three individuals were arrested in September 2021.
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Get ahead of the tax deadline; act now to file, pay or request an extension
IR-2024-88, April 2, 2024 — With the April 15 tax deadline approaching, the IRS reminds taxpayers there is still time file their federal income tax return electronically and request direct deposit.
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Scam risks remain during pandemic; Security Summit focuses special week on taxpayer, tax professional protection against identity theft
IR-2021-233, November 19, 2021 — With the 2022 tax season and the holidays rapidly approaching, the Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the nation's tax industry today announced a special week focusing attention on taxpayers protecting sensitive financial information against identity thieves.
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Inmate and others indicted for committing more than $550 million in tax fraud
Sept. 19, 2024 — A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Kristopher Thomas, Charmane Dozier, Kettisha Thompson-Dozier, and Sharon Vance with conspiracy to commit tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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National Tax Security Awareness Week, Day 2: IRS, Security Summit partners urge people to watch out for bad tax advice on social media
IR-2024-302, Dec. 3, 2024 — The Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners issued a consumer alert today about the growing threat of bad tax advice on social media that continues to dupe people into filing inaccurate tax returns.
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Salem man sentenced to five years in prison for COVID-19 and tax fraud schemes
May 12, 2022 — A Salem man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with orchestrating two fraud schemes involving COVID-19 relief funds and tax returns submitted using stolen identities.
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Owner of St. Paul staffing agency sentenced to prison for one million dollar tax fraud
May 5, 2022 — A Woodbury woman was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,019,572.12 in restitution to the IRS for filing false federal income tax returns, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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Ridley Township tax collector sentenced to one year for tax evasion
United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Rosezanna Czwalina, of, of Morton, PA, was sentenced to one year in prison, one year supervised release, and was ordered to pay $112,846 restitution by United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond for committing tax fraud.
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Tax reform news
Major tax reform was approved by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) on December 22, 2017. The IRS is working on implementing this major tax legislation that will affect both individuals and businesses. We will provide information and guidance to taxpayers, businesses and the tax community as it becomes available.
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Hartford tax preparer pleads guilty to federal tax charge
May 23, 2025 — David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Harry Chavis, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that Clyde Gibson, Jr., of Hartford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sarah F. Russell in New Haven to a tax fraud offense.
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