By Law360 Staff

A mortgage company owner was sentenced Thursday to 11 years and three months in prison for defrauding investors, a community bank and the government's pandemic relief program to cover gambling debts and personal expenses like luxury cars, Philadelphia's top federal prosecutor announced.

By Anna Scott Farrell

A government contractor sued the U.S. for a nearly $3.6 million tax refund in Maryland federal court, claiming the Internal Revenue Service hasn't responded to its request for pandemic-era employee retention credits for the first three quarters of 2021.

By Katherine Smith

A Michigan business owner already accused of COVID-19 loan fraud cannot have a superseding wire fraud charge tossed even though a mistrial was declared in the loan fraud case, a Michigan federal judge has ruled.

By Anna Scott Farrell

A cosmetologist who started her own tax-preparation business in Houston caused $40.7 million in tax losses with the help of her husband by falsifying returns, including improperly claiming pandemic-era credits, the U.S. government told a Texas federal court Tuesday.

By Paul Williams

A Pennsylvania resident owes New York tax on days he worked from home in 2020 while his employer's office in the Empire State was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, a New York administrative law judge determined.

By Anna Scott Farrell

A Georgia man was indicted in a scheme to steal $1.9 million in pandemic relief money and accused of wire fraud, submitting fraudulent federal tax returns and stealing dozens of Social Security numbers, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.