Watchdog news August 2012

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Six Indicted in $1.2 Million Conspiracy

A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, returned a superseding indictment charging six Alabama women with conspiring to file false tax returns using stolen identities.
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Fifteen-Year Prison Sentence for Tax Fraud

Gino Carlucci was sentenced to 188 months in prison for his role in conspiracies to commit money laundering and to defraud the IRS as well as for filing a false income tax return.
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Tax Return Preparer in Kansas Shut Down

A federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, has permanently barred Ahferom Goitom from preparing federal tax returns for others.
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Tax Refund Fraud to the Tune of $2.8 Million

Larreka Jackson, an Alabama tax preparer, was indicted on twenty-five counts for conspiring to file false tax returns using stolen identities, filing false claims, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
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Husband and Wife Face YEARS in Prison

A married couple has been charged with running a fraudulent advance fee scheme and tax evasion. The twenty-six count indictment seeks forfeiture of at least $3.7 million.
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Voice of the Editor

What makes a company a great place to work? Experience, a ConnectEDU company, uses criteria that include benefits, career advancement opportunities, culture, and work/life balance to form its annual list of the Best Places to Work for Recent Grads. BDO USA and Ernst & Young both made the Top 25 list. Read what makes these firms stand out and find out what can be done at your firm to entice college grads.

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Gail Perry, CPA
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, AccountingWEB
editor@accountingweb.com
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