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July 2023 Volume 99 Number 99 Freedom Tax Resolution Times Read About Taxpayers with IRS Problems Find Out How to Solve Them Personal Injury Attorney Adds Insult to Injury by Pocketing 400k of Clients Money INSIDE THIS ISSUE Personal Injury Attorney Adds Insult to Injury Scams a Dozen Clients Page 1 Sin City Tax Preparer Guilty as Sin Page 1 Parts Manager Manages a Scam Through eBay Page 2 Car Salesman Can t Avoid Jail the Way He Avoided Taxes Page 2 Thank You Page 2 Thousands of Checks and 192 Million Dollars Later Everyone Gets Caught Page 3 Restaurant Owner Hides Income From IRS Under The Table Page 3 Client of the Month Page 3 Did You Know Page 4 Trivia Contest Page 4 IRS Question Answered Page 4 A Kentucky lawyer Andrew Clooney and his wife Christel Clooney pleaded guilty to wire fraud and failure to pay taxes Clooney was a personal injury attorney through the Clooney Law Office and his wife was the office manager From 2016 to 2018 the Clooneys used funds that belonged to their clients for personal use Clooney settled cases for a dozen clients worth more than 400 000 but when the payments came in he failed to tell his clients and he and his wife pocketed the money Alex White an attorney for many of Clooney s victims stated that Clooney targeted people with poor English skills so their complaints wouldn t be believed or chalked up to a misunderstanding The Clooneys also failed to file a tax return in 2016 despite earning approximately 426 098 in income and owing approximately 106 140 in federal income taxes The Clooneys each face a maximum sentence of 21 years in prison as well as restitution Sin City Tax Preparer Guilty as Sin The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn t get worse every time congress meets Will Rogers Maria Mendoza a Las Vegas tax preparer was sentenced to three years in prison for filing more than 700 fraudulent tax returns and causing the IRS a loss of 1 2 million dollars Mendoza used false and inflated deductions and credits on her clients tax returns in addition to using her clients personal identifying information to obtain a larger refund on her own returns She claimed more than three million dollars in refunds She also diverted more than 500 000 from her clients refunds into her own bank accounts from 2013 to 2017 While on pretrial release she was arrested with a stolen passport drivers licenses and credit cards along with forged copies of checks Read about IRS cases I ve solved on my website www freedomtaxresolution com

Page 2 Freedom Tax Resolution Times Parts Manager Manages a Scam Through eBay Car Salesman Can t Avoid Jail the Way he Avoided Taxes Jonathan Wichman was sentenced to 24 months in prison for evading income taxes for seven years despite making more than 2 3 million dollars in wages during that time The parts manager for a multi state business John Cox was sentenced to 36 months in prison for wire fraud filing a false tax return and failing to file a tax return From 2018 to 2020 Cox ordered parts and products that the business did not need using his employer s funds in order to sell them on eBay The parts included HVAC units and LED light display kits Cox arranged payments for the stolen parts via PayPal and failed to disclose to potential buyers that the products were stolen which is a violation of eBay s user agreement He sold approximately 400 stolen items on eBay costing his employer 431 557 61 Cox failed to report any of the income from the stolen goods on his 2018 tax return and did not file returns for 2019 and 2020 The tax loss to the IRS was 106 690 Beginning in 2014 Whitman stopped filing tax returns despite receiving multiple notices from the IRS In 2019 he filed returns for 2014 through 2018 but did not make any payments In October of 2018 Wichman accessed his employer s online payroll system and changed his withholdings so that no federal income taxes or employment taxes were withheld from his 2019 and 2020 wages He also did not file tax returns for those two years During the trial Wichman claimed that he didn t have the money to pay his past due taxes but it was revealed that between 2018 and 2021 Wichman made cash transactions at several casinos and banks totaling more than a million dollars From 2014 to 2022 he spent more than 513 000 on luxury cars a travel trailer and a Florida vacation Wichman evaded 276 244 in income taxes owed to the IRS and the state of Arkansas In addition to the prison sentence he was ordered to pay 448 592 in restitution which included penalties and interest I LTohveaRnekferyroalus John S The best part of being in the Tax Resolution business is seeing the happiness and joy on my client s faces when they have settled witThhtahneksIRtoSYOanUd tohne cweoradgias isnprheaadviengc oTnhtarnoklsotvoemrythceliiernltisvaensd friends Rwehfeorgrraalcsiofuroslmy rhefaeprrpeyd mcleietnottsheairrefripeandrts ocflitehnetskaenyd troelamtivyessulacsctemsosn th SoI etnhjaoynkbuyiloduinaglml fyorbuysoinuerssrebfaesrerdaolsn the positive comments and referrals from people just like you I just couldn t do it without you Read about IRS cases I ve solved on my website www freedomtaxresolution com

Page 3 Thousands of Checks and 192 000 000 Dollars Later EveryoneTGets Caught ax Resolution Times The owner of an Oregon construction company Melesio Gomez Rivera was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay 29 9 million dollars in restitution to the IRS for his part in a multi year scheme to avoid payroll and income taxes on the wages of construction workers From 2014 to 2017 Gomez Rivera the owner of Novatos Construction worked in conjunction with other construction company owners and David Katz the owner of Check Cash Pacific a check cashing business with multiple locations in Oregon and Washington state to cash checks with the purpose of evading federal and payroll taxes Gomez Rivera and the other construction company owners cashed thousands of checks totaling approximately 192 million dollars They used the cash to pay construction workers under the table and filed false personal and business tax returns Their actions caused a combined employment and individual income tax loss of 68 million dollars Gomez Rivera is the first of six co conspirators to plead guilty The others in the case are all awaiting a jury trial that is scheduled to begin in December Are You My Next Client of the Month Sharing Your Success Story Every month I choose a very special Client of the Month It s my way of acknowledging good friends and saying thanks to those who support me and my business with referrals word of mouth and repeat business This month s Client of the Month is B Green Then tell them something special about them how much they owed and how much you saved them or the result they received from hiring you You might be my next Client of the Month too Watch for your name here in an upcoming month Restaurant Owner Hides Income From IRS Under The Table Rudolph Ferrucci the owner of a beachfront restaurant pleaded guilty to hiding income from the IRS and paying his restaurant employees under the table Ferrucci owned Sandy s a seasonal cash only restaurant and bar in Massachusetts Between 2016 and 2020 he diverted a portion of sales receipts to pay employees and suppliers and for personal income for him and his spouse He kept two sets of sales records and provided his accountant with the set that did not include the diverted cash Ferrucci underreported his and his spouse s personal income by 1 2 million dollars causing the IRS a loss of 250 000 In his second set of books Ferrucci kept a handwritten ledger of payments made to his employees under the table This amounted to more than 315 000 in cash wages that he did not pay payroll or income taxes on and 75 000 he failed to pay over in employment taxes In addition to restitution Ferrucci faces up to 10 years in prison Read about IRS cases I ve solved on my website www freedomtaxresolution com

Page 4 Freedom Tax Resolution Times Did You Know The state of Maryland has a Flush Tax a 60 annual fee that generates 60 70 million dollars a year to upgrade the state s 66 major treatment plants These upgrades have already reduced chemicals in the Chesapeake Bay A county treasurer was quoted as saying You pee you poo you pay Thank you for the Kind Words I didn t know that my husband had raked up such a high tax debt When I was going over the financials for my divorce I discovered we owed the IRS over 73000 00 My accountant referred me to Jesus Zach and he immediately went to work and eliminated my debt using an Innocent Spouse loophole Thanks JZ I d Like to Hear From You If you have an IRS issue or just want to refer a friend relative or client we d love to hear from you We can provide a no obligation confidential consultation to help you solve you IRS problems Please call us 833 IRS ISSUE 954 361 7400 212 320 8991 Roz Strategies 2023 Enter Our Trivia Contest for a Chance to Win a 250 Transferrable Gift Certificate Take the Trivia Challenge to win Each month I ll give you a new trivia question The first THREE people who call my office with the correct answer win a free 25 00 Starbucks Gift Card Your prize is also transferrable so use it for yourself or give it to a family member or friend Take your best guess and call me at 833 IRS ISSUE This month s question is What US city hosts the biggest 4th of July Fireworks display a Philadelphia c New York City b Los Angeles d Boston Call today at 833 IRS ISSUE Your IRS Questions Answered Here Question I m currently separated from my spouse who owns his own business and wQeuaersetiionnth eWmhiydssthoofugldetItiunsgeaadTivaoxrcRee soIlhuativoenaSlwpeacyisafliislet d jCoianntl yt wI ditehaml wy ihthusband and now the IRS is sending me notices stating I owe 112 000 I have no idea how they are coming up with this amount as my spouse always took care of paying the IRS wAhnastwwears owYeodu could opt to represent yourself before theeeee Answer You may be able to avoid this liability entirely under the IRS s Innocent Spouse Relief rules Under federal law if an income tax return is signed by both husband and wife both spouses are 100 responsible for the taxes owed However the law permits special consideration where a spouse cannot be held responsible for the underreporting of income or the understatement of tax that are attributable to the other spouse If you meet the following criteria you may be able to apply for Equitable Relief under IRS s innocent spouse rules If the amount reported on your joint tax return is correct but wasn t paid with the return you may be eligible Or if you feel you were deceived by your spouse or tricked into signing a return you thought was correct this will help your case too There are many other ways you may be eligible for relief under the IRS s innocent spouse rules and we can help sort this out and determine the proper path for resolution We at your company name here are experts in IRS tax problem resolution and help taxpayers with their IRS Problems every day There is a solution to EVERY problem Call us today for a FREE confidential consultation Read about IRS cases I ve solved on my website www freedomtaxresolution com