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Alabama Salesman Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

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Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400


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South Florida Business Owner Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Not Paying $10.8 Million in Employment Tax Withholdings

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Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

A Miami, Florida, business owner was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida.


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Newport News Tax Preparer Indicted for False Returns

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Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

A federal grand jury in Newport News, Virginia, returned an indictment today charging a tax preparer with aiding and assisting the preparation of false returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia.


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Federal Court Permanently Shuts Down Ohio Tax Return Preparer

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Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

A federal court permanently enjoined Mary E. Shade, d/b/a MS Tax, of Piqua, Ohio, from owning or operating a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. Mary E. Shade consented to the relief.


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Hampton, Virginia, Return Preparer Indicted for Tax Fraud

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Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

A Hampton, Virginia, tax preparer was arrested yesterday on a federal grand jury indictment charging him with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, theft of government funds, and failing to file tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Zuckerman of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger of the Eastern District of Virginia. The March 9, 2020, indictment was unsealed following the arrest.


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Serial Non-Filer Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

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Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

A man who did not file tax returns for several years in a row pleaded guilty Friday, March 13, 2020, to evading his income taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.


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Jury Finds Los Angeles Businessman Guilty in $1 Billion Biodiesel Tax Fraud Scheme

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Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

A federal jury in Salt Lake City, Utah, convicted California businessman Lev Aslan Dermen, also known as Levon Termendzhyan, of criminal charges today relating to a $1 billion renewable fuel tax credit fraud scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney John W. Huber for the District of Utah, Don Fort Chief of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge Lance Ehrig for the Denver Area Office of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Criminal Investigation Division, and Special Agent-in-Charge Michael Mentavlos for the Denver Area Office of Defense Criminal Investigative Service.


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Federal Court Permanently Bars Former Liberty Tax Service Owners from Tax Preparation Business

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Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

A federal court in Tampa, Florida has permanently barred Steven Doletzky, formerly doing business as Liberty Tax Service, from operating a tax return preparation business and preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The court also ordered Doletzky to disgorge $175,000 of ill-gotten gains that the United States alleges he received from filing federal tax returns that claimed improper tax refunds, understated customers’ federal tax liabilities, or otherwise included false or fraudulent claims.


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Federal Court Finds Tampa Tax Preparer in Contempt for Violating the Court’s Preliminary and Permanent Injunctions

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Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400


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Federal Court Orders Texas Home Health Care Services Company to Pay Employment Taxes

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Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0400

On March 18, a federal court ordered El Mundo Feliz, a Partnership (El Mundo), and Daniel Martinez Jr. to begin paying employment taxes to the United States on a timely basis, the Justice Department announced today.


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Lake Worth Businessman Pleads Guilty to Evading Taxes on Millions in Income, Stashing Funds in Secret Accounts Around the World

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Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400

A Lake Worth, Florida, businessman pleaded guilty today to tax evasion and willful failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank or Financial Account, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida.


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Eighth Circuit Upholds Determination that Wells Fargo is Liable for Penalties for Engaging in Abusive Tax Shelter Scheme

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Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a precedential opinion on Friday, April 24, 2020, affirming a district court decision that a transaction designed to generate massive foreign tax credits (referred to as the STARS tax shelter) lacked economic substance and business purpose and was subject to the accuracy-related penalty for negligence, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Joshua Wu of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.


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Federal Appellate Court Upholds Enforcement of IRS Summons Seeking Information Concerning Law Firm Clients Involved in Foreign Transactions

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Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400

On April 24, 2020, a federal appellate court upheld an order enforcing an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) summons directed to the Taylor Lohmeyer Law Firm PLLC, the Department of Justice announced. The summons directed the law firm to provide information about clients who used the law firm’s services to create and maintain foreign bank accounts and entities. On appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the trial court’s enforcement of the summons and rejected the law firm’s “blanket” claim that all responsive materials were protected by the attorney-client privilege. It explained that revealing the fact that the clients participated in specific types of transactions would not necessarily reveal any confidential communication of legal advice protected by the attorney-client privilege.


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Israel’s Largest Bank, Bank Hapoalim, Admits to Conspiring with U.S. Taxpayers to Hide Assets and Income in Offshore Accounts

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Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Jeffrey A. Rosen, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Richard E. Zuckerman, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Don Fort, the Chief of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced today the guilty plea of Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd. and filing of criminal charges against Bank Hapoalim B.M. for conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide more than $7.6 billion in more than 5,500 secret Swiss and Israeli bank accounts and the income generated in these accounts from the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS).  BHS’s Chief Executive Officer appeared on behalf of the bank to enter the guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil.


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Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Clanton, Alabama, Bond Case

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Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500


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In Milestone for Sentencing Reform, Attorney General Holder Announces Record Reduction in Mandatory Minimums Against Nonviolent Drug Offenders

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Published On :: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0500


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Department of Justice Statement of Interest Supports Meaningful Right to Counsel in Juvenile Prosecutions

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Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400

The Department of Justice today filed a statement of interest in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, in N.P. et al. v. The State of Georgia, et al.


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Attorney General Holder Applauds Settlement to Improve Right to Counsel in New York State

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Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400


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Attorney General Holder Addresses the Bipartisan Summit on Criminal Justice Reform

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Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400


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Remarks by Karen Lash, Access to Justice Deputy Director, on Civil Legal Aid Research at the University of South Carolina School of Law

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Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400


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Justice Department Applauds Settlement to Improve Juvenile Right to Counsel in Georgia

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Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0400


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Director Lisa Foster of the Access to Justice Initiative Delivers Remarks at the Equal Justice Conference

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Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400


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Justice Department Files Brief to Address the Criminalization of Homelessness

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Published On :: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0400


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Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief in Pennsylvania Right to Counsel Case

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Published On :: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0400


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Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at ABA’s 11th Annual Summit on Public Defense

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Published On :: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500


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Justice Department Announces Resources to Assist State and Local Reform of Fine and Fee Practices

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Published On :: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0400


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U.S. Attorney’s Office Hosts Reentry Seminar in Tucson as Part of National Reentry Week

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Published On :: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400


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Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at the Texas Fair Defense Act 15th Anniversary Symposium Celebration

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Published On :: Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400


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Department of Justice Files Amicus Brief in Idaho Right to Counsel Case

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Published On :: Thu, 12 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400


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Director Lisa Foster of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at the ABA’s 2016 National Meeting of State Access to Justice Chairs

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Published On :: Sat, 14 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400


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Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin Delivers Opening Remarks at the National Security Division 10 Year Anniversary Conference

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Published On :: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0400

Thank you, Sean, for your kind introduction. And thank you to CSIS for partnering with us in this conference and for your leadership and innovative thinking on critical policy issues that affect us all. I would like to take a few moments now to reflect on how the National Security Division (NSD) came to be and how, in our first decade, we have strived to achieve our twin aims: protecting the United States against national security threats while safeguarding our core freedoms.


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Justice Department Files Brief to Address Automatic Suspensions of Driver’s Licenses for Failure to Pay Court Debt

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Published On :: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500


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Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Bill Baer Delivers Remarks at Second International Conference on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems

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Published On :: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500


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White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Issues First Annual Report to the President

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Published On :: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500


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Cantor Fitzgerald Agrees to Pay $3.2 Million to Settle Charges for Providing Deficient Blue Sheet Data

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Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:15:10 -0400

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle charges for providing the SEC with incomplete and inaccurate securities trading information known as “blue sheet data.”…


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SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Publishes Risk Alerts Providing Advance Information Regarding Inspections for Compliance with Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS

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Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:23:24 -0400

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has issued two risk alerts: Examinations that Focus on Compliance with Regulation Best Interest and Examinations that Focus on Compliance with…


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In Response to Self-Executing Congressional Mandates, SEC Adopts Offering Reforms for Business Development Companies and Registered Closed-End Funds

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Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:30:00 -0400

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt rule amendments to implement certain provisions of the Small Business Credit Availability Act and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act relating to business…


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SEC Provides Temporary, Conditional Relief for Business Development Companies Making Investments in Small and Medium-sized Businesses

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Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:45:00 -0400

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it is providing temporary, conditional exemptive relief for business development companies (BDCs) to enable them to make additional investments in small and medium-sized businesses, including…


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Foreign National and American Trader Settle Fraud Charges in EDGAR Hacking Case

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Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:30:00 -0400

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settlements with David Kwon and Igor Sabodakha, two traders who allegedly profited from trading on nonpublic corporate earnings information hacked from the SEC’s EDGAR system. The settlement…


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