Tag: IRS
Wheeling Doc Gets 41 Months for $2.5M Tax Rip-Off
⏱ 3 min read Nitesh Ratnakar, 50, a gastroenterologist and medical equipment manufacturer from Elkins, West Virginia, is trading his stethoscope for stripes. Ratnakar was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison today in Clarksburg after admitting to cheating the IRS out of $2.5 million between 2020 and 2022. He ran a scheme where he…
Wheeling Truck Boss Cashes in on COVID Chaos
⏱ 2 min read Bradley Temple, 48, the ex-head of Righteous Brother’s Trucking, just confessed to ripping off nearly $300,000 in COVID-19 relief money. The Wheeling, WV native, now living the high life in Delray Beach, Florida, admitted to falsifying documents to snag funds from both the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury…
Wheeling Trucker Pilfered $300K in COVID Relief
⏱ 2 min read Bradley Temple, the former head of Righteous Brother’s Trucking, wasn’t hauling freight – he was hauling federal cash. The Florida man is facing a decade in prison after federal investigators discovered he raked in as much as $300,000 in COVID-19 relief money he wasn’t entitled to. Temple allegedly used the funds…
Old Man Rips Off Troops: Guilty!
⏱ 3 min read Donald Smith, 75, of Pittsburgh, is staring down a long stretch after a federal jury slammed him with guilty verdicts yesterday. The old man wasn’t just scamming any chumps – he was ripping off the U.S. military, pocketing over a million bucks meant for gear headed to the front lines. The…
Benefit & Tax Cheat Gets 37 Months
⏱ 3 min read James Pavlounis, 53, is trading his New Rochelle address for a federal prison cell after admitting to a decade-plus con. For 12 years, starting January 2013, Pavlounis pocketed $646,370 in bogus Social Security disability payments while secretly raking in cash from his valet parking business, Select Parking Systems Inc. – and…
Vet Contractor Milks Military for $1M+
⏱ 2 min read Donald Smith, 75, a Pittsburgh contractor, is staring down serious time after a federal jury convicted him of ripping off the U.S. military for over a million bucks. The scheme, carried out through his defense contracting business, involved billing the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for goods that were either junk or…
Vet Milks the Military: $1M+ Scam
⏱ 3 min read Donald Smith, a 75-year-old Pittsburgh contractor, is looking at serious federal time after a jury found him guilty of ripping off the U.S. military for over a million dollars. The scam unfolded between 2019 and 2023, with Smith’s company billing the Defense Logistics Agency for goods they never delivered. He then…
Old Man Swindles Military for $1M+
⏱ 2 min read Donald Smith, 75, a Pittsburgh contractor, is facing a long stretch after a jury found him guilty of bilking the Defense Logistics Agency out of over a million dollars. From 2019 to 2023, Smith’s company promised the military specific goods, delivered something cheaper, and pocketed the difference. The scheme was simple:…
Timeshare Hustler Hit With 23 Months for Tax Dodge
Independence, Missouri – Michael Jett, a 60-year-old former timeshare salesman, will spend the next 23 months behind bars after a federal court in Springfield slammed him for a brazen, six-year tax evasion scheme. Jett didn’t just forget to pay his taxes; he actively worked to cheat the system, racking up a debt exceeding $361,000 and…
Tax Prep Hustle Lands Woman 25 Months
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Border Hopper Gets Time Served, Handed to CBP SEE ALSO: Manitowoc Man Indicted in Child Porn Ring BURLINGTON, NC – Tracey Hernandez, 39, will spend the next two years and a month behind bars after a federal court sentenced her for running a multi-million dollar tax fraud scheme. Hernandez, a…
