Tag: IRS-CI
Gedeon Agbeyome, Business Email Compromise Fraud, Maryland 2023
⏱ 2 min read Gedeon Agbeyome, a 31-year-old illegal alien from Togo, was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in a massive money laundering scheme that bilked nearly $3 million from unsuspecting victims in Maryland. The scheme, which involved business email compromise fraud, was carried out between June 2021 and May 2023.…
Tracey Hernandez, Tax Refund Scheme, Burlington NC, 2022
⏱ 3 min read Tracey Hernandez, 39, of Burlington, North Carolina, is headed to federal prison for 25 months after pleading guilty to cooking up a million-dollar tax refund scheme. The feds say Hernandez filed over 200 bogus tax returns for clients in 2021 and 2022, raking in fraudulent refunds. The sentencing came down this…
Crystal Renee Severson, Skimmed Licensing Fees, GAULEY BRIDGE WV, 2026
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: WV Barber Board Staffer Pilfered Fees SEE ALSO: Elderly Ripped Off: $5M Scam Lands DR National in US Jail GAULEY BRIDGE, WV – Crystal Renee Severson, 45, copped a plea in federal court today, admitting she skimmed nearly two grand in licensing fees from aspiring nail technicians. Severson, who worked…
Michael Jett, Tax Evasion, Independence MO, 2017
⏱ 2 min read Michael Jett, 60, of Independence, Missouri, will spend nearly two years in federal prison after admitting he stiffed the government – and the state of Missouri – on his taxes for six years straight. The timeshare salesman pulled the scheme between 2017 and 2022, falsifying exemptions to avoid paycheck withholding and…
Karen McGinnis, Tax Evasion, PA, 2023
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is heading to federal prison after a two-year scheme to skim over $400,000 from the taxpayers of Fairview Township. U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick slapped her with a 20-month sentence yesterday, a small price to pay for betraying the public trust. From March 2023…
Karen McGinnis Embezzled $400K in Tax Payments, Mountain Top PA, 20…
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is going to federal prison for turning her role as Fairview Township’s tax collector into a personal piggy bank. Between March 2023 and January 2025, McGinnis siphoned off over $400,000 in property tax payments meant for the township, Luzerne County, and the Crestwood School…
Donald Smith, Defense Contracting Scam, Pittsburgh PA, 2023
⏱ 3 min read Donald Smith, 75, a Pittsburgh defense contractor, is staring down serious prison time after a federal jury found him guilty of fleecing the U.S. military. Smith bilked the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) out of over a million bucks, delivering either shoddy goods or nothing at all, then tried to cover it…
Michael Jett Sentenced to 23 Months for Tax Evasion, Missouri, 2017…
⏱ 3 min read Michael Jett, 60, is headed to the federal slammer for 23 months. The Independence, Missouri, timeshare salesman spent six years stiffing the IRS, cooking the books to avoid paying what he owed between 2017 and 2022. Jett didn’t just forget to file; he actively lied, claiming bogus exemptions and convincing his…
Karen McGinnis, Embezzled $400K, Mountain Top PA, 2023-2025
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is trading her office for a federal cell after admitting she siphoned over $400,000 from the taxpayers of Fairview Township. The former tax collector used her position to write checks to herself from collected property taxes between March 2023 and January 2025. The scheme…
Karen McGinnis, Tax Roll Embezzlement, PA, 2023-2025
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is headed to federal prison after a brazen scheme to pilfer over $400,000 from the Fairview Township tax rolls. The former tax collector used her position to line her own pockets between March 2023 and January 2025, and today, U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick…
