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Individuals Arrested for Perjury
Involving False Reports Filed with IRS
Five individuals were arrested in
August 2005 for allegedly filing false IRS
Forms 8300 with the IRS. According to the
indictments, the five individuals filed
several Forms 8300 that wrongfully
reported that others had engaged in
suspicious transactions ranging from
$105,069 to $500 million. Falsely
reporting information to the IRS
using Form 8300 can cause the IRS
to unnecessarily investigate certain
persons, which can be done to harass or
retaliate against others, including
Government officials.
Individual Sentenced for Mail Fraud
Involving Fictitious Financial
Instruments
An individual was sentenced in April 2005
for mail fraud. The individual used the
United States Postal Service to send
false and fictitious instruments to credit
card companies, entitled “Sight Draft,”
“Sight Order,” or “Money Order,” to
establish a credit line and to pay credit card
bills. The individual sent the credit card
companies sight drafts and money orders of
more than $275,000 that were purportedly
drawn on an account at the United States
Treasury. The individual was sentenced to
two years in prison, three years’ supervised
release, and was ordered to pay the credit
card companies $192,096 in restitution.
Individual Indicted for Making False
Statements on IRS Forms
An individual was indicted in April 2005
for false statements. The individual
allegedly submitted three IRS Forms 2848
(Power of Attorney and Declaration of
Representative) to the IRS to be permitted
to represent taxpayers before the IRS. The
individual allegedly claimed on the forms
that he was a Certified Public Accountant
(CPA) who was qualified to practice in
Maryland, knowing that he was not
qualified to practice as a CPA in any state.
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