Tax Dodge Sends 'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother To Federal Prison Tax Dodge Sends 'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother To Federal Prison
Tax Dodge Sends 'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother To Federal Prison Former "Jersey Shore" personality Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino was sentenced Friday to eight months in federal prison and his brother, Marc, to two years for ducking taxes on what authorities said was nearly $9 million in income from promotional gigs -- while claiming pricey clothing, high-end cars and personal grooming as business expenses. Both were scheduled to go to trial late last year but agreed to plea deals from the government instead. Michael Sorrentino, 37, pleaded guilty in January to tax evasion, while Marc Sorrentino, 39, admitted in U.S. District Court in Newar…
Park Ridge Businessman Gets 61 Months In Fed Pen For Conning Toys R Us, Other Company Of $3M Park Ridge Businessman Gets 61 Months In Fed Pen For Conning Toys R Us, Other Company Of $3M
Park Ridge Businessman Gets 61 Months In Fed Pen For Conning Toys R Us, Other Company Of $3M A Park Ridge con man was sentenced Wednesday to 61 months in federal prison for using shell companies and phony invoices to scam both an international company he worked for and Toys R Us, where his now-deceased ex-wife had worked, out of $3 million. Philip Charles de Gruchy, 64, admitted conspiring to commit mail fraud and subscribing to false individual and corporate tax returns in U.S. District Court in Newark in March. de Gruchy, 64, was married at the time to Barbara Brown, an administrator with Toys R Us in Wayne who authorities said steered a contract to CEM Direct Marketing — a ficti…
State Investigators Issue Subpoena To Michael Cohen As Part Of Trump Foundation Probe State Investigators Issue Subpoena To Michael Cohen As Part Of Trump Foundation Probe
State Investigators Issue Subpoena To Michael Cohen As Part Of Trump Foundation Probe Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, has been subpoenaed by New York state investigators as part of a probe of the Trump Foundation, according to multiple reports. The move comes less than 24 hours after Cohen agreed to a plea agreement on eight charges, including multiple felony counts of bank and tax fraud as well federal campaign-finance violations involving hush-money payments he made to women who say they had extra-marital affairs with Trump.  Cohen, 51, said in court that Trump directed him to make the hush-money payments, and one audio recording by C…
CT Man Sentenced, Must Pay Back $400K For Preparing False Returns CT Man Sentenced, Must Pay Back $400K For Preparing False Returns
CT Man Sentenced, Must Pay Back $400K For Preparing False Returns A former tax preparer in Connecticut is heading to prison and must pay back more than $400,000 for preparing false tax returns and underpaying his own federal taxes. Waterbury resident Michael Mir, 41, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison following a four-year scheme through a tax preparation practice he operated in his hometown. From 2012 through 2015, Mir prepared more than 3,300 federal tax returns, John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, stated when announcing his sentence this week. During that time, Mir falsified information on numerous returns…
Tax Preparer In Northern Westchester Busted For Alleged Fraud For Second Time, DA Says Tax Preparer In Northern Westchester Busted For Alleged Fraud For Second Time, DA Says
Tax Preparer In Northern Westchester Busted For Alleged Fraud For Second Time, DA Says A tax preparer in Northern Westchester with a previous conviction for tax fraud is facing new charges after allegedly engaging in an elaborate scheme “constituting a systematic ongoing course of conduct.” Yorktown Heights resident Steve Sabba, 61, has been charged in an eight-count indictment with tax fraud and other felonies following a lengthy investigation by investigators by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance and the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office.  Sabba and his company, TaxPro Financial Network, were arraigned this week in Westchester County Court. A…
Ex-Cop Who Owes IRS $400K Sentenced To Federal Prison Ex-Cop Who Owes IRS $400K Sentenced To Federal Prison
Ex-Cop Who Owes IRS $400K Sentenced To Federal Prison A scheme to falsify tax records went wrong for a former cop in Connecticut, who owes the IRS nearly $400,000 and will spend time behind bars after filing a falsified tax return. Crag Francis - also known as Horus Jurjaya Bey - a former Hartford Police officer, was sentenced in Hartford District Court on Friday to 18 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for filing a false tax return. In February 2009, Windsor resident Francis e-filed a 2008 federal income tax return that listed falsely inflated amounts of both interest income received and taxable income withheld by the…
Orange County Couple Sentenced For Tax Fraud Orange County Couple Sentenced For Tax Fraud
Orange County Couple Sentenced For Tax Fraud A judge sentenced an Orange County couple to community service and conditional discharge on criminal tax fraud charges. John Quick, 68, and his wife, Mary Quick, 63, both from the town of Goshen, were sentenced Friday in Orange County Court for tax crimes involving the failure to report over $35,000 they had obtained from a developmentally disabled man living on their property, as well as other income, said Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler. Orange County Court Judge William DeProspo also issued a restitution order requiring the Quicks to pay $35,783.67 to the man. The Quick…
Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Convicted Of Trying To Con IRS, Helping 14 Others Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Convicted Of Trying To Con IRS, Helping 14 Others
Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Convicted Of Trying To Con IRS, Helping 14 Others Federal jurors in Newark on Tuesday convicted a former Teaneck tax preparer of helping himself and 14 clients cheat on their taxes. Sixto Rodriguez, 55, was found guilty of all 17 counts of an indictment charging him with three counts of filing false tax returns for himself and 14 counts of helping clients do the same following a one-week trial, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Rodriguez, who now lives in Kissimmee, FL, "inflated education credits, charitable donations, unreimbursed business expenses and rental losses that he knew his clients had not actually incurred," Carpeni…
CT Woman Who Embezzled $190K From Employer Sentenced CT Woman Who Embezzled $190K From Employer Sentenced
CT Woman Who Embezzled $190K From Employer Sentenced A Connecticut woman is heading to prison after pleading guilty to embezzling nearly $200,000 from her employer and failing to pay income tax on that income. Windsor resident Rebecca Block, 43, has been sentenced in court to a term of 12 months and one day in prison, followed by a year of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of filing a false return for embezzling an estimated $190,000 from her former employer, John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced this week. While working for PG Life Planning Associates in West Hartford, Block sto…
Fairfield County Man Must Pay $500K For Income Tax Offense Fairfield County Man Must Pay $500K For Income Tax Offense
Fairfield County Man Must Pay $500K For Income Tax Offense A Norwalk bookkeeper has been sentenced to probation and must pay back nearly a half million dollars after pleading guilty to tax fraud - largely as a result of gambling - in district court. John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced the sentencing of Eddie Chan, 58, who will be subject to five years probation and must pay approximately $500,000 in restitution for his former employer following a guilty plea for filing false tax returns last year. Chan was employed at a private art firm in Manhattan, according to court records, and between 2013 and 2015…
Hudson Valley Couple Plead Guilty To Tax Fraud Hudson Valley Couple Plead Guilty To Tax Fraud
Hudson Valley Couple Plead Guilty To Tax Fraud A 60-something couple pleaded guilty to tax fraud for failing to pay taxes or report money they earned, according to the Orange County District Attorney David  Hoovler. John Quick, 68, and his wife, Mary Quick, 63, both of the Town of Goshen, admitted Thursday that they had not only failed to file state personal income tax for 2012, but also failed to report money they had obtained from a developmentally disabled man that had been living in a barn on their property, the DA's Office said. As part of the plea agreement, the Quicks will repay $35,783.67 to the developmentally disabled man.  T…
Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID
Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – A tax preparer from Montvale used 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, a federal grand jury charged. Federal agents early Friday arrested 53-year-old Wayne Dunich-Kolb after a grand jury in Newark returned a new 29-count indictment accusing him of filing bogus tax returns, stealing client refunds and committing identity theft “in connection with refunds stolen from a deceased taxpayer,” U.S. Attorney Craig Car…