Tag: IRS
Jessica Latoya Staten, Tax Fraud, North Carolina 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jessica Latoya Staten, a 41-year-old tax return preparer from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for running a massive tax scam. Between 2018 and 2025, Staten prepared and filed hundreds of false and fraudulent federal income tax returns, resulting in over $3 million in tax…
Michael D. Funovits, Employment Tax Evasion, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Michael D. Funovits, a 51-year-old businessman from Butler, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to three years of probation for willfully failing to pay employment taxes for his two businesses, PennRo Associates LLC and Penn Exteriors LLC, between 2016 and 2023. Funovits collected payroll taxes on behalf of his businesses but failed to…
Palwasha Shir, Counterfeit Check Presentation, Maine 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 35-year-old New Jersey woman, Palwasha Shir, formerly of Westbrook, Maine, pleaded guilty to presenting a counterfeit government check to her credit union in Maine. In July and August 2024, Shir deposited two fake Treasury checks made payable to her business, the Selfie Room LLC, totaling over $484,000. The counterfeit checks…
Aylesha Maria Allen, Tax Fraud, Alabama 2026
⏱ 3 min read Aylesha Maria Allen, a 42-year-old Mobile woman, has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for filing at least 21 false tax returns, resulting in a tax loss of $371,412. The scheme involved fraudulent Sick and Family Leave Credits related to the COVID-19 pandemic, false Schedule C…
Cameron Summers, Tax Fraud, Wisconsin 2020
⏱ 2 min read Cameron Summers, a Milwaukee tax preparer, has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for filing over 400 false tax returns, claiming fake expenses, credits, and refunds for his clients between 2020 and 2022. Summers worked at a tax preparation business in Milwaukee, using his name and preparer…
Jasmeika Simon, Tax Fraud, Wisconsin 2022
⏱ 2 min read Jasmeika Simon, a Milwaukee woman, has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for running a tax preparation business that filed hundreds of false and fraudulent returns. Between 2022 and 2024, Simon submitted over 300 individual income tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) containing false…
Tracy Davenport, Wire Fraud, Kentucky 2026
⏱ 2 min read Tracy Davenport, a 51-year-old Louisville woman, was at the center of a scheme that defrauded over 50 customers in Louisville, Kentucky, between May 2021 and December 2022. Davenport and others working under her direction convinced customers to sign contracts for pool installation projects, collecting large down payments upfront. However, instead of…
Arzalea Teshean McLaughlin, Cocaine Trafficking, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Arzalea Teshean McLaughlin, 37, Benjamin Eugene Mack, 54, and Roger Cornell Daniels, 37, all of Crestview, Florida, have been indicted for their roles in a cocaine trafficking ring. The trio is accused of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and cocaine base.…
Stanley Pophal, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Wisconsin 2023
⏱ 2 min read Stanley Pophal, a 64-year-old man from Wausau, Wisconsin, has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors out of $14.25 million in a wire fraud and money laundering scheme. The scheme, which was operated by Pophal, involved convincing people to hand over their hard-earned money with promises of investment returns, but instead, he used…
Dennis March and Greg March, Tax Evasion, Maryland 2017
⏱ 2 min read Twin brothers Dennis March and Greg March, 55, of Berlin, Maryland, pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges in federal court for concealing over $4.5 million in income and failing to pay nearly $1.8 million in taxes from 2017 to 2023. The brothers, who owned and controlled various business entities, including Elite…
