Tag: IRS
Candia V. Williams, Tax Refund Fraud, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read Candia V. Williams, a Jacksonville woman, has been charged with conspiring to submit false claims and submitting false claims to the United States government. Williams, also known as Wisdom Shield El, allegedly caused at least four fraudulent tax returns to be submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seeking over $130…
Jon Christopher Williams, Tax Evasion, Florida 2020
⏱ 2 min read Jon Christopher Williams, a dentist from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, has been indicted for evading personal income taxes, failing to pay employment taxes, and attempting to obstruct an IRS investigation. Williams, who operated a dental practice in Jacksonville Beach, allegedly failed to report over $3 million in gross income from his business…
Demetrios Pseudoikonomou, Aiding Filing False Tax Returns, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Demetrios Pseudoikonomou, a 55-year-old Belmont businessman, has been charged with aiding the filing of false tax returns, allegedly avoiding over $520,000 in federal income taxes. Pseudoikonomou, who operates a restaurant and apartment building in Boston, deliberately failed to report more than $1.6 million in gross receipts and rental income between 2018…
Malak Faltawws, Wire Fraud, New Jersey 2026
⏱ 2 min read Malak Faltawws, a 49-year-old man from Rutherford, New Jersey, orchestrated a scheme to defraud COVID-19 relief programs of approximately $670,292. The scam, which took place from March 2020 through November 2021, involved submitting false applications to obtain loans and cash advances meant for distressed small businesses under the EIDL and PPP…
Gino Rosario Tyler Alexander Allegra, Treasury Check Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Gino Rosario Tyler Alexander Allegra, a 32-year-old Brockton man, was involved in a scheme to deposit stolen and altered U.S. Treasury checks into shell company bank accounts, then withdraw the money to conceal its origin. The crime occurred in Brockton, Massachusetts, and Allegra was sentenced on August 6, 2026. He pleaded…
Brian Depena, Pandemic Loan Fraud and Money Laundering, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read Lawrence, Massachusetts Mayor Brian Depena, 61, has been arrested and charged with pandemic loan fraud and money laundering. Depena allegedly defrauded over $1.5 million in COVID small-business loans to fund his campaign account, pay personal taxes, and pay off high-interest mortgages on properties he owned in Lawrence. The arrest occurred on…
Jeffrey McCown, Wire Fraud, Montana 2007
⏱ 2 min read Jeffrey McCown, a manager at a Bozeman-based dairy cooperative, orchestrated a massive fraud scheme that swindled the dairy out of $1.16 million from 2007-2008. Along with co-conspirators Michael Ernest Monforton, Jeanette Sabrina McCown, and Scott Michael McCown, McCown used co-op funds for personal purchases and reimbursements. The scheme, which began in…
Selma Brinson, Tax Fraud, Tennessee 2023
⏱ 2 min read Selma Brinson, a Memphis tax preparer, has pleaded guilty to running a scam that attempted to defraud the IRS out of more than $5.4 million. Brinson, who owned and operated a tax preparation business in Memphis, used her business to file false tax returns for her clients, reporting fake fuel tax…
Christopher Upshaw, Mail Fraud, Georgia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Four Georgia men – Christopher Upshaw, Johnathon Swift, and two others – were involved in a massive pandemic relief fraud scheme in Columbus, GA, where they conspired to defraud taxpayers by unlawfully claiming millions in pandemic relief funds designed to help small businesses and workers. The scheme, which attempted to steal…
Angela Dickens, Aiding and Assisting in False Tax Returns, North Carolina 2026
⏱ 2 min read Angela Dickens, a 54-year-old tax preparer from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, has pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, resulting in a staggering $3.9 million tax loss. From 2017 to 2023, Dickens and at least one co-conspirator filed hundreds of fraudulent federal income tax returns,…
