• Former HVAC accountant pleads guilty to wire fraud

    WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A former account pleads guilty to allegedly stealing $1.5 million from his employer. On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam announced that 39-year-old Lawrence Malachefski from Wilkes-Barre pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion to wire fraud. According to U.S. Attorney Karam, from March 2023 and June 2023, []

  • John Barnes banned from being company director over unpaid taxes

    The former England and Liverpool footballer John Barnes has been banned as a director after his company failed to pay tens of thousands of pounds in tax

  • Former IES finance director pleads guilty to embezzlement conspiracy

    Despite receiving warnings from an auditor with the Office of Inspector General, the chief executive officer of International Educational Services Inc., or IES, advised his financial director “not to adjust the salaries to the cap limit” as they were told, according to a plea agreement between federal prosecutors and IES’ finance director.

  • Las Vegas man pleads guilty to paying undercover officer in murder-for-hire plot

    LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A man has pleaded guilty to paying an undercover police officer to kill a man he suspected was having an affair with his wife, according to documents.

  • John Barnes: Ex-England and Liverpool star banned as company director over unpaid taxes

    John Barnes has been banned as a director after his company failed to pay almost £200,000 in tax. The ex-England and Liverpool star signed a disqualification undertaking which barred him from being a company director for three-and-a-half years, the Insolvency Service has said. This came about because his company John Barnes Media Limited, failed to pay any corporation tax and VAT from 2018 to 2020 The Insolvency Service launched an investigation in September 2023. Barnes was the sole director of...

  • The 2017 GOP tax scam is paying for itself—by taxing scammed seniors

    It’s no secret that the proliferation of scams targeting elderly Americans has increased dramatically with the expansive spread of information technology. Older Americans are particularly vulnerable to such scams, a disturbing reality that was made clear to me shortly before my father passed away. My parents, both in their 80s, were being inundated by scam phone calls and mailings, including the infamous grandparent scam, literally on a daily basis. Because they, like many older Americans, grew...

  • Sadiq Khan's 'stealth tax': Londoners paying 'mayoral precept' are hit with a 71 per cent increase since Labour chief became mayor, with city families now paying an average of £471 for the levy

    People living in the capital are currently paying £471 towards the Mayoral General Precept, which is an additional charge added to council tax bills to 'support the Mayor's activities'.

  • DoJ Charges 'Bitcoin Jesus' With Tax Fraud

    DoJ Charges 'Bitcoin Jesus' With Tax Fraud Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, The early crypto investor, often called ‘Bitcoin Jesus,’ faces extradition to the U.S. after being charged with evading nearly $50 million in taxes. Officials with the United States Department of Justice announced charges against early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver, known by many as ‘Bitcoin Jesus.’ In an April 30 notice, the Justice Department said authorities in Spain had arrested Ver...

  • West Lothian Crematorium supports local hospice

    Crematorium Manager Carole Rae and Crematorium Assistant Gemma Jones-Smith recently visited Rachel’s Children’s Hospice in Kinross, to see first-hand what they do and to hand over the gifts. Rachel House is part of CHAS – Children’s Hospices Across Scotland – which has offered a full family support service for babies, children, and young people with life-shortening conditions, for more than 30 years. CHAS has two hospices, offers a Hospice at Home service, and also provide Diana Children’s...

  • Man pleads guilty in migrants-for-drugs investigation

    EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A man who initially told authorities he was picking up a friend’s relatives at 2 a.m. at the base of a mountain straddling the Mexican border has pleaded guilty to migrant smuggling. Armando Fierro Jr. on Wednesday signed a plea agreement in U.S. District Court for the District of []

  • Boardman man pleads guilty to drug charges

    Attorneys are recommending a sentence of 6 to 8 and a half years in prison for a Boardman man who pleaded guilty Tuesday to drug charges in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

  • Derry man pleads not guilty to sex offences

    Michael McMonagle (42) of Limewood Street in Derry appeared at Derry Crown Court charged with two counts of attempting to incite a child to engage in a sexual act. He also faces 13 charges of attempted sexual communication with a child. All of the charges were said to have occurred on dates between June 8, 2020 and August 16, 2021. When the charges were put to him McMonagle pleaded not guilty to all counts. Defence counsel Kieran Mallon told the court: "There are a number of issues I would want...