NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A 56-year-old Mandeville woman has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for pleading guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion. U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boenta (BEN-tay) said Wednesday that U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt also ordered Melody Huie to pay $1.37 million to a... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury has indicted a Hammond couple on tax evasion charges in connection with a business they ran that got Medicaid funds. The Louisiana Department of Revenue reported Tuesday that Cassandra N. Dangerfield and Eric Dangerfield were indicted on felony... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana tax preparer has pleaded guilty to preparing and filing false income tax returns for his customers. Sixty-year-old James W. Nelson, of LaPlace, also pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge he failed to pay more than $21,000 in taxes on his own income. Federal prosecutors... more »
VILLE PLATTE, La. (AP) - Three men have been arrested for allegedly taking part in a tax evasion and money laundering scheme. Louisiana Alcohol and Tobacco Control says Adham Salam of Ville Platte and Anwar Hadaba and Frank Fletcher, both of Alexandria, were arrested Wednesday on charges related to tax... more »
From ATC: Louisiana Alcohol and Tobacco Control ("ATC") Commissioner Troy Hebert announced that ATC agents arrested three men last night for participating in an alleged tax evasion and money laundering scheme. Adham Salam of Ville Platte, La, and Anwar Hadaba and Frank Fletcher, both of Alexandria, La were arrested on... more »
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) Lafayette Parish District Attorney Michael Harson says one of his assistants has resigned amid a federal probe. Federal prosecutors filed tax evasion charges against Joseph Floyd Johnson on Tuesday. According to a bill of information filed by prosecutors, Johnson failed to file income tax returns from 2003... more »
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have filed tax evasion charges against a 15th Judicial District assistant district attorney. Joseph Floyd Johnson, who has worked for the Lafayette Parish District Attorney's Office since 1995, was charged Tuesday with one count of tax evasion. According to a bill of information, Johnson... more »
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) Federal prosecutors have filed tax evasion charges against a 15th Judicial District assistant district attorney. The Advertiser reports Joseph Floyd Johnson, who has worked for the Lafayette Parish District Attorney's Office since 1995, was charged Tuesday with one count of tax evasion. According to a bill of... more »
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Jury selection continues in former state Sen. Charles Jones' federal tax evasion trial. The process began May 10 in Monroe, but U.S. District Judge Robbie James granted a motion to move the trial the next day. In January 2008, a federal grand jury indicted Jones, of... more »