Taxes August 30, 2025
SPECIAL SERIES: Spotlight on 2025 ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Tax Law Changes
This series of articles spotlights key tax issues and changes made to tax law in 2025 and the years to come as a result of the OBBBA.
December 27, 2012
Caregiver accused of stealing over $150K from elderly client
A 49-year-old caregiver is facing theft charges for allegedly defrauding her 90-year-old client of more than $150,000.
December 26, 2012
Tech companies’ tax breaks on overseas profits likely to continue
With the "fiscal cliff" looming and the Obama administration desperately searching for new revenue, once-sacred cows -- from the home mortgage interest deduction to Social Security to Medicare -- all have been subjected to scrutiny.
December 26, 2012
Executives at Debt Collection Agency Admit Roles in $10 Million Client, Lender and Investor Fraud Scheme
Randall Silver, 43, of New Hyde Park, N.Y., pleaded guilty on December 13 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering, and one count of wire fraud. SILVER was a Vice-President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at the Oxford Collection Agency, Inc.
December 25, 2012
Former SunTrust vice president sentenced for embezzlement
A former SunTrust Bank Vice President was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for embezzlement and other related crimes Wednesday.
December 20, 2012
‘First Lady’ of IRS Tax Fraud Indicted, Along with Her Boyfriend
United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the return by a grand jury of a fifty-seven-count indictment charging Rashia Wilson (27, Wimauma) and Maurice Larry (26, Tampa) with conspiracy and multiple counts of wire fraud, filing false tax returns, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft. Wilson is charged with one count of conspiracy,…
December 20, 2012
Alabama accountant sentenced to 38 months for embezzling from client
A Montgomery accountant has been sentenced to 38 months in federal prison for embezzling about $440,000 from an elderly client's account, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
December 19, 2012
Jury convicts businessman, former accountant of tax evasion of $50 million
Once a co-owner of one of the nation's largest precast concrete manufacturers, John Stanton is now facing up to 10 years in federal prison after a federal jury convicted him Monday of federal tax evasion charges.
December 18, 2012
Church’s former business manager charged with embezzlement, 8 felonies
The former business manager of a prominent Edmond church was charged Monday with eight felony counts, authorities said.
December 17, 2012
Guide to giving year-end gifts to charities
As the end of December closes in, many people's holiday ritual includes pulling out the checkbook and a list of charitable organizations they support year after year. Besides helping those in need, the gifts translate to deductions on next spring's tax return.
December 13, 2012
Tennessee tax preparer loses firm; Accused of investment fraud scheme
A Tennessee tax preparer in the city of Soddy-Daisy will will lose his firm in the first step by bankruptcy trustee Jerry Farinash to track down millions of dollars of investors' money that has disappeared.
December 13, 2012
Landscaping business owner sentenced for bankruptcy fraud
An owner of a Lakewood, New Jersey, landscaping business has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for concealing assets in connection with his November 2008 bankruptcy petition, authorities said.
December 13, 2012
Police board wants cop suspended for alleged tax scam
A police board found officer Elaine Thomas, a 15-year veteran of the force, guilty Wednesday of an alleged tax scam and recommended that she be suspended for 30 days without pay.