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Grimy Times Exclusive: Local Man Accused of Elaborate Tax Scheme
A federal grand jury in Providence, R.I., has returned a five-count indictment charging John Fall, a real estate consultant from Milton, Mass., with one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the IRS, one count of tax evasion, and three counts of aiding and abetting in the preparation and filing of false corporate and individual tax returns.
According to the indictment, Fall used numerous nominees and business names to conceal his business and financial transactions, and filed false returns for 1998 and 1999, failing to file any return for the years 2000 through 2010. The IRS audited Fall for the 1998 through 2000, assessing him taxes collectively totaling approximately $72,000.
The indictment alleges that Fall attempted to thwart IRS collection of these taxes by using multiple nominees, business names, and fake names and aliases to disguise financial transactions and title assets, by using commingled bank accounts, by making extensive use of cash, and by causing to be filed false and fraudulent documents in federal court disclaiming ownership and control over funds sought by the IRS to pay the taxes he owed.
The indictment further alleges that Fall caused tax returns that were filed by Comfort Dental for the years 2005 through 2007, as well as his wife’s individual tax returns for 2005 and 2006, to be false. Fall caused his wife’s businesses to make payments to his various entities, which were falsely recorded as deductible business expenses.
When Comfort Dental and Fall’s wife were audited between 2008 and 2009, the indictment alleges that Fall attempted to obstruct the audit by encouraging his wife’s accountant not to provide the IRS with information requested through a summons, and by providing false and fraudulent information and documentation to the IRS concerning the nature of the payments by Comfort Dental and Broad Street Investments to his various entities.
Fall faces a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine for the tax evasion charge, as well as three years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine for the IRS obstruction and aiding and abetting of false returns charges. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant Chief John Kane and Trial Attorney Christopher O’Donnell with the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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