Charlotte, NC The president of a Charlotte high school Booster Club and his wife have been indicted on federal charges for stealing more than $200,000 from the organization. The husband is also charged with fraudulently obtaining over $236,000 in COVID-19 relief funds to cover up the theft, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
Mona Passmore, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, Charlotte Field Office (IRS-CI), Robert R. Wells, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Charlotte Division, and Tommy D. Coke, Inspector in Charge of the Atlanta Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) which oversees Charlotte join Acting U.S. Attorney Stetzer in making today s announcement.
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Updated: 3:22 PM EST March 4, 2021
The office of Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Steltzer says two men are accused of stealing mail from apartment complexes across the Carolinas, while a third man is not yet in custody.
A news release from Steltzer s office says 23-year-old Haleem Cornelius Gilliland of Charlotte and 20-year-old Shemar Isaiah Walker of Atlanta were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit mail theft on Wednesday. Gilliland was also charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Meanwhile, Steltzer s office says 20-year-old Daron Quashawn Wright of Shelby, N.C. has been charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, but has not been arrested as of writing.
Seven Charlotte, North Carolina tax return preparers pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States by preparing and filing false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray for the Western District of North Carolina, and Special Agent in Charge Matthew D. Line of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Joseph Octave and Vonyeda Carson pleaded guilty on Jan. 12, 2021, while Melissa Greene, Natisha Holloman, Kimberly Joline, Whitney Vargas-Medrano and Wendia Courtois pleaded guilty earlier in 2020. In addition to the conspiracy charge, Octave pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns.
Atlanta Tax Professionals Plead Guilty to Promoting Syndicated Conservation Easement Tax Scheme Details Written by Justice Department
Washington, DC - Stein Agee of Canton, Georgia, and Corey Agee of Atlanta, Georgia, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf and pleaded guilty for their roles in a wide-ranging abusive tax scheme to defraud the IRS, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
According to court documents, from at least 2013 through 2019, S. Agee and C. Agee, then partners at an Atlanta accounting firm, marketed, promoted, and sold together with co-conspirators, investments in fraudulent syndicated conservation easement (SCE) tax shelters. The SCE tax shelters were designed to produce tax deductions for high-income taxpayers through partnerships that purported to make “real estate investments.” In truth, the partnerships were a sham, lacking economic substance and serving no legitimate business purpose. The placemen