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Main St. Suite 102 League City, TX 77573 Phone: (888) 332-5204 or (281) 332-5222    PROFESSIONAL TAX RESISTER IRWIN SCHIFF AND TWO ASSOCIATES CONVICTED IN LAS VEGAS TAX SCAM From U.S. Department of Justice WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal jury in Las Vegas, Nevada convicted Irwin Schiff and two associates, Cynthia Neun and Lawrence Cohen, of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns filed by other taxpayers in connection with a tax scam, and convicted Schiff and Neun of conspiring to defraud the United States, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Schiff was convicted on all counts, including income tax evasion and of filing false income tax returns for the years 1997 through 2002, and Neun was convicted of willfully failing to file federal income tax returns, Social Security disability fraud, and theft of government property in connection with Neun’s improper receipt of Social Security disability benefits. According to the indictment and the evidence introduced at trial, beginning in 1995, the defendants directed thousands of taxpayers to file false federal income tax returns with the IRS that reported zero taxable income in spite of the taxpayers earning large amounts of reportable income. The defendants operated the scam through Freedom Books-a business owned by Schiff-that sold books, tapes, and packets encouraging customers not to pay income tax. According to a government witness who testified at trial, between 1997 and 2002 Freedom Books sold more than $4.2 million in products that promoted Schiff’s “anti-tax” scheme. “People who evade their tax obligations, or encourage or enable others to do so, are cheating all law-abiding taxpayers,” said Eileen J. O’Connor, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division. “The Department of Justice will prosecute these crimes, and juries will convict the offenders.” The Justice Department filed a civil suit in the same court against Schiff, Neun, and Cohen in March 2003, and the court granted a temporary restraining order barring them from advertising or selling Schiff’s “zero-income tax return” plan; preparing tax returns for others; and assisting others to violate the tax law, including by “selling services, books or other materials that provide direction about how to fill out fraudulent or false tax forms. . . .” The preliminary injunction was affirmed after the defendants’ appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The U.S. Supreme Court this month declined to hear Schiff’s challenge to the Ninth Circuit decision. The Justice Department will ask the district court to convert the preliminary injunction into a permanent one. More information about the injunction may be found on the Tax Division website at http://www.usdoj.gov/tax/txdv03357.htm, http://www.usdoj.gov/tax/txdv03357.htm, and http://www.usdoj.gov/tax/txdv03167.htm. The evidence presented at trial also proved that Schiff evaded the payment of more than $2 million in taxes he owed the IRS from 1979 through 1985. Schiff concealed income he earned from Freedom Books, in part by using offshore bank accounts and conducting financial transactions through secret “warehouse” banking services. The evidence also showed that Schiff used debit cards issued by offshore banks to obtain funds he transferred offshore, that he opened bank accounts using multiple tax identification numbers, and that he titled his ownership of a car in the name of a Pennsylvania corporation. This marks the third time Schiff has been convicted of tax offenses. “Paying taxes is the price of citizenship. After three strikes, I would hope that even Mr. Schiff realizes that he has struck out,” said IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson. Mr. Schiff-who faces a maximum sentence of 43 years in prison and $3.25 million in fines-was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service and is scheduled to be sentenced on January 20, 2006 at 10:30 A.M. Ms. Neun-who faces up to 50 years in prison and up to $3.3 million in fines-was remanded pending a bail hearing tomorrow. Neun’s sentencing is scheduled for January 27, 2006 at 9:00 A.M. Mr. Cohen-who was released on bond-is due to be sentenced on January 27, 2006 at 9:30 A.M. He faces three years incarceration and up to a $250,000 fine. Assistant Attorney General O’Connor thanked Tax Division Trial Attorneys Jeffrey A. Neiman and David J. Ignall, who prosecuted the case, as well as the Special Agents of the IRS, other Tax Division Attorneys, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada for their assistance during the investigation and trial of this matter. Wade Cook convicted of tax fraud Jury can't agree on case against financial adviser's wife, Laura By Dan Richman, Seattlepi.com Wade Cook made millions of dollars in the 1990s advising investors on how to trade stock, buy real estate and pay less in taxes. On Tuesday, a federal jury convicted Cook, 57, on seven counts of tax fraud, while his co-defendant wife, Laura, went free because jurors couldn't agree on verdicts in her case. Cook faces penalties of up to $1.75 million and 40 years in prison, although sentences are often served concurrently and fines aren't usually imposed at the top of their range. "It's a sad day. The media lied too much in the papers," Cook said as he left the Seattle courtroom of U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly, who presided over the 19-day trial. Cook's attorney, Angelo Calfo, said he plans to ask for a new trial within the next week. "We're disappointed with the verdict, and it is subject to attack," he said, declining to provide details. Laura Cook declined to comment, as did her attorney, Amanda Lee. Cook was famous for his get-rich books and seminars, amassing enough money to buy himself and his wife twin Cadillac Escalades, Arabian show horses, a suite at Key Arena and a 40-acre horse ranch. Laura Cook kept the books and helped him run his business. Tuesday, after three-and-a-half days of deliberation, a jury found Wade Cook guilty of evading federal income tax from 1998 through 2000 on royalty payments of $9.5 million; filing falsified tax returns in those years; and obstructing federal investigations into his actions. Zilly set sentencing for June 22. He denied a request by Assistant U.S. Attorney Bob Westinghouse to take Cook into custody, citing the Fall City couple's family and property here, and saying that Cook doesn't pose a risk to the community. The jury said it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on an eighth count: whether the defendants agreed to defraud the government. The government can choose to retry that count against both of them, plus the other seven counts against Laura Cook, 54, without violating the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy. Emily Langlie, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle, said she didn't know yet whether it will do so. At its peak, Tukwila-based Wade Cook Financial Corp. employed 550 people and brought in annual revenue of $118 million. The Cooks spent $487,000 to maintain their estate, $360,000 to buy 10 cars, $200,000 to buy at least nine horses, and $217,000 as a donation to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which the couple are members, according to the prosecution. Calfo acknowledged during the trial that profligate spending by the Cooks, who once had a net worth of more than $200 million, might anger some of the jurors. "But that's not fair," he told the jurors, saying they shouldn't consider it in their deliberations. Cook, a former cabdriver, was considered controversial even during his rise to fame, filing a personal bankruptcy. The primary issue at the Cooks' trial was whether they deliberately cheated the government by creating a complex network of interrelated trusts and limited partnerships and then shifting money among them, spending much of it on themselves. The Cooks, who didn't testify at their trial, contended they merely loaned themselves money, and because loans aren't taxable as income, they owed no taxes. The government contended the couple never intended to repay the money they gave themselves, so the payments weren't loans. IRS SEEKS BACK TAXES FROM EX-BALLPLAYER By JANE MUSGRAVE Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 14, 2007 WEST PALM BEACH — Baseball bad boy Darryl Strawberry is back in trouble with the IRS - this time for allegedly failing to pay about a half-million dollars in back taxes. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, the 1983 National League Rookie of the Year whose career was derailed by cocaine use, marital discord and cancer is accused of failing to pay $481,656 in taxes in 1988, 1989 and 1990. A former Tampa resident, the former standout for both the New York Mets and Yankees now lives in Palm Beach County, according to the lawsuit filed by U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta. Strawberry, 45, last grabbed the attention of IRS agents in 1994 when he was slapped with three felonies for failing to pay taxes on $502,043 in income from card shows and private autograph signings from 1986 to 1990. He ultimately pleaded guilty to a single charge of tax evasion. Instead of a threatened three-month prison sentence, he was sentenced to six months of house arrest, ordered to seek drug treatment and put on probation. He was also ordered to pay about $350,000 in back taxes. Although it appears that the complaint filed Friday is related to his decade-old tax troubles, government officials declined comment, citing privacy prohibitions. Los Angeles attorney Brian Hennigan, who represented Strawberry in the tax evasion case, said he was not familiar with the allegations in the recently filed civil complaint. But, he said, it appears to stem from the income Strawberry earned in the 1980s from the sales of sports memorabilia. Although Strawberry was ordered to pay his tax bill as part of the plea agreement, by filing a civil complaint in Florida, the IRS is signaling it simply wants to get paid, Hennigan said. To reopen the criminal case, prosecutors would have to assert that Strawberry committed fraud when he agreed to pay his back taxes - a tough standard to prove. After spending several years in and out of rehab, Strawberry was rehired by the Yankees as a spring training instructor in 2003. He quit after several months. He now runs a nonprofit foundation for children and families affected by autism. Strip club operator sentenced for tax evasion By SARA SEMELKA of the Tribune’s staff Published Saturday, August 18, 2007 A Boone County resident was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 21 months in prison without parole and ordered to pay more than $177,000 in outstanding taxes plus unspecified interest and penalties for income he earned as owner and operator of Club Vogue. James Andrew Yeager, 37, pleaded guilty Oct. 2 to tax evasion. According to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney John Wood in Kansas City, Yeager owes $140,543 in federal income taxes on $493,591 in unreported income for 1999, 2000 and 2001. Yeager also owes $36,732 in additional federal tax income for unreported income for January through April 2002. The club at 912 Business Loop 70 E. was open last night. A man who answered the phone referred questions to a manager, who was unavailable. The employee, who declined to give his name, said he believed Yeager was the owner but was unsure. "Yeager earned a significant income but attempted to shirk his civic duty and illegally conceal his income," Wood is quoted as saying in a news release. James Vickert, an IRS agent in the case, said in a news release that Yeager kept substantial amounts of income from detection by dealing in cash and not making deposits into bank accounts. The news release said Yeager diverted "substantial amounts" of the business receipts to his personal use without accounting for that money in the books of JR Entertainment, which did business under the name Club Vogue. This money went unreported on his state and federal income tax filings. Under Yeager’s direction, cash from the nightly fees of the club’s dancers and the club’s portion of payments for lap dances were collected and placed in an envelope - income that also went unreported, according to the news release. Don Ledford, a spokesman for Wood’s office, said that, in general, "when someone owes restitution or fine, their paycheck can be garnished by the court to pay that. I don’t know about" Yeager’s "ownership of the club. …There is always the option to seize assets and wages." Yeager’s attorney, Scott Rosenblum of Clayton, asked in a sentencing memorandum to the court that U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughery hand down a sentence of one year and one day. He cited his client’s attempts to restructure record-keeping for his business and Yeager’s charitable donations to an unspecified "Policeman’s Ball" and Columbia radio station KOPN-FM. Rosenbloom also said his client’s efforts to make other donations were rebuffed - "to his sadness" - by some, including The Intersection neighborhood center and the Boys & Girls Club in Columbia. Former Club Vogue Manager Dan Bruce Marcum, 51, was sentenced June 26 to five years’ probation for tax evasion in a separate but related case, according to the news release. Marcum, formerly of Columbia, was general manager of JR Entertainment and former co-owner of the now-defunct Show Girls strip club outside of Boonville. Marcum had more than $40,000 in unpaid taxes during a four-year period and was ordered to pay outstanding taxes, interest and penalties. According to the news release, he also attempted to conceal his income by accepting pay in cash and failing to file an income tax return in 1999, when he owed $27,517 in taxes on his $82,105 income. How to End IRS Problems Forever! IRS Problems Have a Way of Ruining All Aspects Of Your Life. They Take A Toll On You Financially, Physically, and Emotionally. You Can Never Really Forget About Them, As They Always Come Back Each Morning When You Wake Up! My name is Thomas G. Reed, CPA and I've been an tax accountant for 23 years. I provide solutions to taxpayers like you who find themselves at odds with the IRS. Your IRS Problems are unlike many other problems in life, which may in fact go away by themselves. Unfortunately IRS Problems just continue to get worse and more costly with new penalties and interest being added each day.  How does the IRS expect you to pay off your taxes if they keep adding penalties. I don't know what the IRS thinks, but I do know that they ruin people's lives every day with these ridiculous penalties. IRS penalties were supposed to be a slap on the hand to make you learn from your mistakes. But instead, they are used as a hammer to pound you into the ground so far that there are only a few options on how to get out. What Do They Expect You To Do With Federal Tax Liens on Your Credit Report? How can you possibly get a loan to pay them off when your banker won't even talk to you? Federal Tax Liens prevent you from being able to borrow any money for a car or home. Taxpayers with IRS Problems often have to shop at Buy Here, Pay Here car lots because these car dealers don't care if you have a Federal Tax Lien, because they charge so much for the cars and usually have very high interest rates. Cars are expensive enough without having to pay 18% to 21% interest on a used car loan, but with a Federal Tax Lien you don't have any choices. The banks have gotten so tough on opening new bank accounts that anyone with a Federal Tax Lien is usually prevented from even having a simple checking or savings account. This makes it hard on some taxpayers to cash their paychecks or to pay their monthly bills. Often they have to pay more money and use money orders or certified checks just to pay their rent or utility bills. Taxpayers With IRS Problems Are Always Looking Over Their Shoulder For The IRS! Once you owe the IRS money, they become very aggressive in their collection attempts. One of the more common collection methods the IRS uses is the LEVY! They will use either a Bank Levy or a Wage Levy. If you're lucky enough to still have a bank account, the Bank Levy allows the IRS to present your bank with a piece of paper that requires the bank to immediately withdraw all the money you owe the IRS. Many times these Bank Levies are wrong, but the IRS doesn't care and it's up to you to correct the problem. Meanwhile, the checks you've written are bouncing all over town. The worst thing about the IRS Bank Levy is that it may capture your children's, parent's, girlfriend's or spouse's bank account, if your name happens to be on the account. Even if it's just on there for convenience. The IRS doesn't care, they just want to get paid and they don't care who pays your taxes. After the bank has cleaned out all checking and savings accounts with your name on them, they send the money to the IRS. You should take this as notice that the IRS will issue another Bank Levy against you in the future to satisfy any remaining amounts owed to them. It's kind of like hitting the lottery for the IRS. Once they find out how to get your money, they will continue taking your money by issuing more bank levies. As Bad as The Bank Levy Is, The Wage Levy (Garnishment) Is Much Worse! The bank levy is a one shot deal. 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Usually a visit to your home or work is in order to start the collection procedures. Then all of the weapons in their arsenal can be used (Liens, Levies, or Seizure) until the taxpayer has agreed to some type of repayment. Once the IRS has determined that the business cannot pay the payroll taxes and they have turned their sights on the individuals they think are responsible . . . Look Out! What About Buying A Car or Home? Driving a new car or an almost new car these days requires you to borrow or lease the car. That's because they cost so darn much. Well, without the ability to walk into your local Auto Dealer and cut a deal on a new or almost new car, you're stuck with that old unreliable clunker, just because you have a tax problem. It doesn't seem fair, but it's hard to get an auto loan or lease when you have an IRS problem. Home loans are even harder to get. Heck, they are hard to get when your credit's good if you don't put a pile of money down on the home. Not having a home to write off causes you to pay even more taxes than your friends or neighbors because you have no tax deductions. People that do have homes and then get into IRS problems, risk the chance of losing their home to the IRS. Yes, I mean selling the home and giving the money to the IRS for payment of back taxes or letting the IRS seize it and selling it at auction. You see. . . . Having a home before you get into IRS problems may be even worse than not having a home at all. For example, if you own a home and then find yourself owing the IRS $25,000 for some income or payroll taxes, you could be making house payments on your home that effectively is owned by the IRS. Once they file a Federal Tax Lien on your home, you can't sell it without paying off the IRS. This means that you continue making the monthly payments, continue to take care of the home, and the IRS just sits there and waits. You pay all the bills on your home and they get all the equity. What a Deal! 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READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT We Provide the following services: WAGE LEVY RELEASES, BANK LEVY RELEASES, INSTALLMENT AGREEMENTS, CURRENTLY NOT COLLECTABLE STATUS, OFFER IN COMPROMISE, PENALTY ABATEMENTS, TAX FILING TAX FRAUD CONVICTIONS ON THE RISE Three People Sentenced in Tax and Insurance Fraud Scheme On September 25, 2007, in Boston, Mass, Tina Le, Steven Nguyen and Mercedes Acar were sentenced for failing to report $30 million in cash paid to temporary employees over a 10 year period. The three defendants received the following prison sentences: Le, 97 months; Nguyen, 87 months; and Le’s daughter, Acar, 70 months. The defendants pleaded guilty in May 2007, admitting to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), committing mail fraud, and admitting to filing false tax returns. As part of their sentences, the defendants will forfeit their home, an office building in Dorchester, a warehouse in Brockton, as well as bank accounts, luxury automobiles and expensive jewelry. The defendants owned and operated a temporary employment agency that employed hundreds of workers who performed manual labor at factories and warehouses. Under the terms of the agreements with these businesses, the defendants were responsible for filing taxes on behalf of the employees and paying for workers compensation insurance. The defendants paid most of the employees in cash and did not report the cash payments to the IRS as required by law. They failed to pay payroll or FICA taxes and failed to withhold taxes from their employees’ pay. The defendants also defrauded their workers compensation insurers. The defendants were legally required to pay for their employees’ workers compensation insurance. Insurance premiums were based in part on the size of the defendants’ payroll, but the defendants reduced their insurance premiums by hiding their cash payroll from the insurers. The defendants used shell corporations to hide their activities and avoid scrutiny by the IRS and insurance auditors. As a further way of concealing their activities, the defendants used “straw” corporate officers, individuals who held titles of responsibility in the business but who really were paid by the defendants only for the use of their names. Owner of Farm Labor Contracting Business Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison On September 24, 2007, in Fresno, CA, Serafin Rodriguez Mendoza was sentenced to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay $636,876 in restitution. Mendoza pleaded guilty on July 10, 2007, to conspiracy to willfully failing to make required employment tax payments. According to court documents, Mendoza admitted that beginning on or about March 1, 1999, and continuing to on or about January 13, 2004, he and his ex-wife, Rosa Lopez Mendoza, owned and operated Central Valley Ag Services (CVAS), a farm labor contracting business located in Delano, CA. In his capacity as a farm labor contractor, Mendoza withheld employment taxes from farm laborers he hired to work at various farms within in the area, but did not forward these withholdings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as required by law. Instead, he used the employment tax money to purchase various properties and for personal expenses. When the IRS began investigating his failure to remit the employment taxes, Mendoza attempted to conceal his interest in, and ownership of, the real properties to avoid liens and seizures by the IRS. Mendoza placed title and ownership of the properties in nominee names, including the names of his children and acquaintances. Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Tax Evasion and Filing False Employment Tax Returns On August 10, 2007, in Boston, MA, Stephen J. Mazzola, of Wakefield, MA, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release and fined $7,500. He was convicted in June 2006 on four counts of filing false quarterly employment tax returns, tax evasion and obstructing an IRS audit. Mazzola owned Stoneham Towing and Bodyworks Company. According to court documents, Mazzola paid employees cash wages “under-the-table” to conceal cash income. Mazzola also produced false records to obstruct an IRS audit. Pennsylvania Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion On August 8, 2007, in Scranton, PA, Thomas Winnicki was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.05 million in back taxes for employment tax evasion. Winnicki operated a payroll processing business called Keystone Employee Benefits Inc. His business customers leased their employees from him and paid over to him employment taxes for those employees. Instead of forwarding all of the withholding taxes over to the IRS, Winnicki used about $1 million “for personal purposes.” Oregon Woman to Serve 30 Months in Prison for Tax Evasion On August 6, 2007, in Oklahoma City, OK, Skoshi Thedford Farr, of Grants Pass, OR, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for tax evasion and ordered to pay restitution of $72,076 to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and perform 104 hours of community service. In February 2007, Farr was convicted of failing to pay employment taxes for her husband’s medical clinic, ATHA-Genesis Chapter, for three quarters in 1999. Farr’s deceased husband owned and operated an alternative medical clinic in Oklahoma City and she continued to operate the clinic as its administrator until January 2000. Legally, as the clinic administrator, Farr was personally obligated to pay the employment taxes. Farr evaded her obligation to pay these taxes by hiding assets and bank accounts from the IRS by placing them in trusts controlled by her adult children. Nursing Home Owner Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Failing to Pay Millions in Payroll Taxes On July 13, 2007, in San Francisco, CA, Jack Easterday was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $8,710,795 in restitution and a special assessment of $10,700 for his willful failure to pay employment taxes owed to the government. On March 7, 2007, Easterday was convicted by a federal jury on 107 counts of failing to pay $9.6 million in payroll taxes. Evidence at trial showed that Easterday, the president of Employee Equity Administration, Inc., and its subsidiaries and Skilled Logic, Inc., willfully failed to pay to the IRS federal taxes withheld from his employees at six nursing homes from 1998 to 2005. Trial evidence also showed the IRS had attempted to collect the taxes from Easterday for years before the charges were filed. However, he thwarted the efforts of the IRS to collect the taxes by, among other things, paying himself and his wife exorbitant salaries and directors fees, while he was pleading poverty to the IRS collection agents. Contact by Email: info@tgrcpa.com IRSNegotiators.com Home | Services | Pricing | Terms | Forms Library | News | Guarantee | Newsletter | Driving Directions Links | Privacy Notice | Special Report | Bankruptcy | IRS Allowances | Tax Court | Taxpayer Bill of Rights About Us | FAQ's | Tax Resolution | Tax Problems Solved | How Long Does It Take | What Is The It Cost Site Map >    © 2007 Thomas Reed, P.C. All Rights Reserved IRS Representation Services are provided by Thomas Reed, P.C. 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