A Jackson Hole hospitality business trusted a bookkeeper with payroll, bank accounts, and tax reporting. After moving to Hawaii and continuing the job remotely, Laura Marie Means diverted nearly $1.5 million, disguised transfers as ordinary…
The Superbowl Bribe
A Navy civilian employee accepted premier sporting-event tickets, expensive meals, family employment, and recurring cash while steering federal contracts. Jason Carr examines the procurement records, concealed metadata, false tax returns, and six-year prison sentence. (more…)
The Tax Shelter That Wouldn’t Die
Former CPA Michael J. Moore sold a “Special Tax Shelter Strategy” through a Las Vegas firm specializing in adult-entertainment clients. After pleading guilty, he concealed his identity and resumed filing false returns. (more…)
The Check Churning Gambler
In Episode 21 of Final Notice, Jason Carr breaks down the case of Eric Brian Rosenberg, a Mississippi publisher and former congressional candidate who used a technique called “check churning” to keep the IRS from…
The Phantom Schedule C
In Episode 20 of Final Notice, Jason Carr breaks down the case of Ann Quach, a Ventura County tax preparer who fabricated entire businesses on 1,734 client returns over thirteen years, generating millions in false…
The Exit Tax
In Episode 19 of Final Notice, Jason Carr breaks down the case of Justin Ryan Schmidt, a crypto hedge fund manager who renounced his U.S. citizenship, hid millions in foreign accounts, lied on his expatriation…
The Ghost Companies
A Seattle real estate owner worth an estimated $43 million routed $4.7 million of rental income through two shell companies that had been inactive since 1999, kept it off his returns, and hid it from…
No Employees, No Credit
In Episode 17 of Final Notice, Jason Carr breaks down the Regina Durkin case, involving fourteen fraudulent refund claims seeking more than $7.7 million from the IRS. The case centers on pandemic-era employment tax credits…
The Queen’s Refund
In Episode 16 of Final Notice, Jason Carr breaks down the Queen Naja case, involving a fake trust refund scheme, a $1,010,561.26 Treasury check, more than $2 million in restitution, and an attempted additional loss…
The Twin Shell Game
In Episode 15 of Final Notice, Jason Carr breaks down the Dennis March and Greg March tax evasion case out of Maryland. The twin brothers each pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion after…