Tag: Tax Fraud
Nancy Maldonado Alvarez, Tax Fraud, Colorado 2026
⏱ 2 min read Nancy Maldonado Alvarez, a 43-year-old Mexican national, has been convicted of running a tax fraud scheme in Denver, Colorado, where she prepared false tax returns for clients, claiming refunds they weren’t entitled to. Alvarez owned and operated a tax preparation business in Denver, using it to fabricate business losses and claim…
Amanda Wilkerson, Tax Fraud, Louisiana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Amanda Wilkerson, a 57-year-old woman from Marrero, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to tax fraud and PPP loan fraud on April 21, 2026. Wilkerson, who owned and operated Divine Purpose Home Care LLC, a home healthcare business, withheld taxes from her employees’ paychecks but failed to report and remit them to the IRS.…
Roderic Sage, Tax Fraud, New York 2008
⏱ 2 min read Roderic Sage, a UK executive, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States by helping high-value US taxpayer-clients conceal over $60 million in income and assets held in undeclared, offshore bank accounts. The scheme, which lasted from 2008 to 2014, involved using layers of nominee accounts and offshore entities…
David Gebhardt, Tax Fraud, Tennessee 2022
⏱ 2 min read Brentwood attorney David Gebhardt, 54, has pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns, concealing millions of dollars in income from cryptocurrency sales and his consulting business in Tennessee. From March 2018 through December 2022, Gebhardt withdrew approximately $6.6 million in funds from his cryptocurrency sales, but failed to report this income…
Lawrence Okeyo, Tax Fraud, Maine 2025
⏱ 2 min read Lawrence Okeyo, a 48-year-old professional tax return preparer from South Portland, was sentenced to two years in prison for preparing false tax returns for his clients and himself in Portland, Maine. On October 29, 2025, Okeyo was convicted following a three-day jury trial. He falsified tax returns by claiming bogus expenses,…
Gilmar Pereira Da Silva, Jr., Tax Fraud, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Kissimmee con artist is headed to the slammer after claiming a $3.4 million tax refund based on fake fuel credits. Gilmar Pereira Da Silva, Jr. filed false tax returns for 2019, 2020, and 2021, raking in refunds totaling $106,059. But the IRS wasn’t fooled – and now he’s facing 37…
Scammer Nabbed for $9.75M Tax Swindle
⏱ 2 min read A 63-year-old Boyce resident is facing a lengthy prison sentence after allegedly swindling the IRS out of more than $9.75 million in tax refunds. Jane Frances Pierce claimed the refunds on behalf of a trust she controlled, but used the funds for personal expenses. Pierce filed false tax returns with the…
Jonquaris Richardson, Tax Fraud, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 27-year-old Tallahassee man has been slapped with 46 counts of tax fraud after allegedly submitting false federal tax forms to the government. According to investigators, Jonquaris Richardson submitted fake tax returns claiming thousands of dollars in refunds, bilking the system out of a small fortune. The Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations…
Michael J. Meade, Tax Evasion, Connecticut 2013
⏱ 3 min read A brazen Southington businessman has been busted for bilking Uncle Sam out of $2.5 million in taxes. Michael J. Meade, 61, owner of Innovative Components LLC and Liquidlevel.com LLC, allegedly evaded his tax bill between 2001 and 2013, and again in 2012 and 2013. According to federal authorities, Meade, a North…
Wilner Cenecharles, Tax Evasion, Florida 2020
⏱ 2 min read A Naples tax preparer has been busted for raking in over $65,000 in fake refunds from the IRS. Wilner Cenecharles pleaded guilty to six counts of helping clients file phony tax returns and two counts of submitting his own fake tax returns. Cenecharles, who worked out of a barbershop in Naples,…
