Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID
Feds: Montvale Tax Preparer Collected Returns Using Dead Man's ID SADDLE RIVER, N.J. – A tax preparer from Montvale used a dead man's identity and a Las Vegas P.O. box to illegally collect refunds from the IRS -- while he was already awaiting trial on charges of helping scam the government out of more than $1.6 million, a federal grand jury charged. Federal agents early Friday arrested 53-year-old Wayne Dunich-Kolb after a grand jury in Newark returned a new 29-count indictment accusing him of filing bogus tax returns, stealing client refunds and committing identity theft “in connection with refunds stolen from a deceased taxpayer,” U.S. Attorney Craig Car…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Park Ridge Businessman Admits Conning Toys R Us, Other Company Of $3M Park Ridge Businessman Admits Conning Toys R Us, Other Company Of $3M
Park Ridge Businessman Admits Conning Toys R Us, Other Company Of $3M UPDATE: A Park Ridge con man was sentenced Wednesday to 61 months in federal prison for using shell companies and phony invoices to scam both an international company he worked for and Toys R Us, where his now-deceased ex-wife had worked, out of $3 million. https://pascackvalley.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/park-ridge-businessman-gets-61-months-in-fed-pen-for-conning-toys-r-us-other-company-of-3m/741930/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A Park Ridge con man admitted Wednesday that he used shell companies and bogus invoices to scam an international company he worked for and Toys R Us, where his now-dec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Disbarred Hudson Valley Attorney Convicted Of Fraud, Other Charges Disbarred Hudson Valley Attorney Convicted Of Fraud, Other Charges
Disbarred Hudson Valley Attorney Convicted Of Fraud, Other Charges A former area lawyer who had been disbarred has been convicted on multiple charges for his role in misappropriating funds from a landowner he represented and later attempting to obstruct the IRS from finding out the details of his scheme. Geoffrey Berman, the United State Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the conviction of Orange County attorney Joseph Scali on Friday in White Plains Federal Court, for charges that include mail fraud, structuring cash transactions, making false statements to the IRS, obstructing the IRS, tax evasion, obstruction of justice, and perjury…

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by Zak Failla
Stamford, CT
News
Fairfield County Woman, 40, Sentenced To Prison For Two Fraud Schemes Fairfield County Woman, 40, Sentenced To Prison For Two Fraud Schemes
Fairfield County Woman, 40, Sentenced To Prison For Two Fraud Schemes A 40-year-old Stratford woman has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison after her conviction in two fraud schemes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney in Connecticut. U.S. Attorney John H. Durham announced on Tuesday that Rachael Alexander, also known as Rachael Vierling, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven.  Judge Arterton ordered Alexander to pay restitution totaling nearly $443,808. Alexander, who is released on bond, was ordered to report to prison on April 18. Her imprisonment will be followed by three years of…

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by Jon Craig