Store Owner Charged with Selling Contraband Cigarettes NYS Tax Department suspends store’s registration to sell tobacco products

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance suspended the registration required for a Putnam County gas station to sell tobacco products after agents with the department’s Criminal Investigations Division discovered 21 cartons of contraband cigarettes.

The illegal cigarettes, bearing two different counterfeit New York State tax stamps, were seized after a routine cigarette inspection at the Citgo Mart, Inc., 1481 Route 22, in Brewster.

The store’s owner, Mohamed Aljahim, 36, of 45 Decan Smith Hill Road, Patterson, was charged with one felony and one misdemeanor. The defendant is scheduled to appear in court later this month.

“The charges in this case serve as a reminder to all shop owners across the state that selling untaxed cigarettes, no matter how large or small the quantity, is a serious crime that won’t be tolerated,” said Acting Commissioner Nonie Manion. “We will continue to work with prosecutors and all levels of law enforcement as we pursue these cases.” All cigarettes for retail sale in New York State must be purchased by a licensed distributor, and retail dealers must be in possession of purchase invoices showing that the taxes on the cigarettes have been paid. Those found in possession of untaxed cigarettes can face fines of up to $600 per carton as well as a prison sentence.

A criminal complaint is only an accusation; the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The case will be prosecuted by the Putnam County District Attorney’s Office.

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Attractive Woman Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion. She should have hired SELIG & Associates

She Evaded Over $490,000 in Income Tax

The former employee of a law firm pleaded guilty to tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Interim U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans for the Eastern District. 

According to court documents, Marcia Jordan, 46, evaded paying taxes on over $490,000 in income earned from her work at the law firm.  As part of her plea, Jordan admitted to failing to file timely her income tax return for 2011 and to submitting to the IRS a false application for automatic extension of time to file her return on which she falsely estimated her total tax liability to be $0 and falsely claimed that she had already made $10,000 in tax payments. 

As part of her plea agreement, she has agreed to pay a total of $313,899 in restitution to the IRS for her unpaid taxes for 2009 through 2014. 

U.S. District Court Judge Ivan Lemelle scheduled sentencing for June 6.  Jordan faces a statutory maximum sentence of five years in prison.  She also faces monetary penalties, supervised release, and restitution. 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman and Interim U.S. Attorney Evans commended special agents of IRS Criminal Investigation, special agents of the U.S. Secret Service, and the Slidell Police Department, who investigated the case, and Trial Attorney Grace Albinson of the Tax Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jon Maestri, who prosecuted the case.

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Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers are the Real Sexual Perpetrators says David Selig of SELIG & Associates

Will a Sexual Harassment Claim Destroy Your Business? You need to protect yourself against sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims. Thankfully Selig & Associates provides legal, insurance and other asset protection strategies for business-owners and medical service providers. By implementing an effective sexual harassment strategy today, you can protect your reputation, your business, and your assets tomorrow. We solve problems before they happen. *To schedule a consultation or a comprehensive evaluation of your existing plan call Selig & Associates directly (212) 974-3435 

Admittedly, Harvey Weinstein’s caricature could have adorned a German propaganda poster circa 1938.  But looks can be deceiving and in reality Harvey Weinstein is an extremely compassionate human being. 

And because he’s so talented and so incredibly successful, thousands of starlets, ingénues and wannabes regularly tried to trick him into trading sex for stardom. But Harvey rebuffed their advances because he loves his children and respects his wife. So they retaliated and played the only card they could. It’s an old story says Selig, that of a woman scorned. 

And now they’re coming out of the woodwork to take advantage of his good nature and naiveté. And let’s not forget that the majority of Harvey’s accusers are actresses, and many of them have led debauched lives and are now indigent. Accordingly, they see him as an individual retirement plan or more apropos, as a big fat meal ticket. 

In fact, some of these same parasites have been extorting money out of Harvey for years. He reminds me of an innocent guy who pleads guilty to crime he didn’t commit, says Selig. His story reads like a Greek tragedy. He was terribly embarrassed and was coerced into paying so his wife wouldn’t find out. 

In a lot of ways Harvey’s situation reminds me of a Tax Case. For example, when the IRS makes a false allegation against a taxpayer, most people will think he's guilty. Even family members will have their doubts. Where there's smoke there's fire. And when the pressure is on, some people become so scared that they wind up doing things that they wouldn’t normally dream of doing. They agree to things that aren’t true, and they try to conceal their tax problems from their families and business partners. The IRS knows this is happening, but they don’t care because “it’s all about the Benjamins”. 

The same can be said about false sexual harassment and hostile workplace claims. In fact,  most business-owners don’t even defend themselves against these false allegations. And when the lawyers are finally finished with them - the business-owner is left humiliated, vilified, and financially ruined. 

In my opinion, Harvey Weinstein shouldn't have apologized because he didn't do anything to apologize for. And let me go on the record as saying that I don’t like the way Harvey Weinstein is being treated because I’m not into schadenfreude, says Selig. 

And while we’re at it, I don’t like it when the IRS takes advantage taxpayers either. When Selig & Associates represents someone before the IRS we fight like hell, and we make it our business to challenge every falsehood and to quibble over every dollar. And when one of our clients is accused of a tax crime,  they don’t confess (even if they’re guilty). Winners don't confess, and they certainly don’t apologize. You need to protect yourself against sexual harassment and hostile work environment claims. Selig & Associates provides legal, insurance and other asset protection strategies for business-owners and medical service providers. By implementing an effective sexual harassment strategy today, you can protect your reputation, your business, and your assets tomorrow. We solve problems before they happen. *To schedule a consultation or a comprehensive evaluation of your existing plan call Selig & Associates directly (212) 974-3435 

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Chiropractor Sentenced For Tax Evasion (he should have hired SELIG & Associates)

On April 19, 2017, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Donald Gibson was sentenced to 33 months in prison for tax evasion and for presenting a fake financial instrument to the U.S. Department of Treasury. Gibson failed to file his 2004 through 2014 individual income tax returns and attempted to evade his income tax liabilities for these years by diverting money to a warehouse bank called MYICIS, cashing over $800,000 in business checks at a check-cashing facility and submitting fake money orders and bogus financial instruments to the IRS. Gibson also formed Sovereign Christian Mission (SCM), a purported religious organization, as a way to further hide his chiropractic income and pay for his personal expenses. Gibson used SCM to pay for his groceries, entertainment, dinners, and car repairs. While the IRS was auditing his tax returns and later during the criminal investigation, Gibson presented a fake financial instrument purporting to be worth $300 million to the IRS and claimed that it paid off his income tax liabilities.

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