Thursday - November 28, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Saturday September 07, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Owner of Orange County Staffing Companies Pleads Guilty to Tax Crimes, Admits to Cheating IRS Out of Nearly $60 Million
RIVERSIDE, California, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: The owner of Orange County-based temporary staffing companies pleaded guilty today to two federal criminal charges for willfully evading the payment of nearly $30 million in taxes, penalties and interest, assessed against him to the IRS as well as causing a false tax return to be filed with the IRS as part of defendant's efforts to conceal near  more

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Palm Springs Man Pleads Guilty to $2.1 Million Tax Refund Scheme and to Fraudulently Obtaining Nearly $1 Million in COVID-19 Loans
RIVERSIDE, California, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: A Riverside County man pleaded guilty today to scheming to defraud the IRS out of more than $2.1 million via the issuing of fake W-2 forms and to fraudulently obtaining nearly $1 million of COVID-19 economic-relief loans. William Mandel Musgrow, 48, of Palm Springs, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of aiding and assistin  more

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Wynn Las Vegas Forfeits $130 Million for Illegally Conspiring With Unlicensed Money Transmitting Businesses
SAN DIEGO, California, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: Wynn Las Vegas, the Las Vegas casino and subsidiary of Wynn Resorts, Limited, agreed today to forfeit $130,131,645 to settle criminal allegations that it conspired with unlicensed money transmitting businesses worldwide to transfer funds for the financial benefit of the casino. Today's settlement is believed to be the largest forfeiture b  more

Neb. U.S. Attorney: California Man Sentenced for Possessing Cocaine at Omaha Bus Station
OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Fernando Aguirre-Quintero, age 25, of Laguna, California, was sentenced September 5, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for possession with intent to deliver 500 grams or more of cocaine. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., sentenced Aguirre-Quintero to 90 months' imprisonment. There is no paro  more