Can I get a Mortgage if I have an IRS Tax Lien? (Yes)

Can I get a Mortgage if I have an IRS Tax Lien? (Yes) With an installment agreement in place, you may be eligible for a FHA or VA mortgage. When done properly, an installment agreement allows you to repay your tax debt and still have enough for current expenses (like mortgage payments). For more information call David Selig at (212) 974-3435 

Two Unhappy Hombres Charged With Conspiring To Harbor Aliens and Tax Crimes

A federal grand jury returned an indictment against two residents, charging each with one count of conspiracy to harbor an alien, one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, 48 counts of failure to withhold and pay over employment tax, and 12 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a fraudulent tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser of the Eastern District. 

As alleged in the indictment, Imad “Eddie” Hamdan and Ziad “Z” Mousa owned and operated over 30 locations of Brothers Food Mart. Hamdan and Mousa are alleged to have hired undocumented workers to work in their stores and paid them in cash. To further conceal these undocumented workers, Hamdan and Mousa allegedly filed false employment tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that did not report the cash wages paid to the undocumented workers.

In addition, the indictment charges that Hamdan and Mousa paid the salaries of the managers of the Brothers Food Mart stores partially in cash. Allegedly, employment taxes were also not withheld or reported in connection with these cash wages. Finally, according to the indictment, Hamdan and Mousa issued and filed false Forms W-2 that underreported their wages. The indictment further alleges that Hamdan and Mousa aided in the filing of fraudulent tax returns for the managers of Brothers Food Mart stores.

An indictment merely alleges that crimes have been committed.  The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

If convicted, Hamdan and Mousa each face a statutory maximum sentence of ten years in prison for the conspiracy to harbor aliens count, five years for the conspiracy to defraud the United States count, five years for each count of willful failure to withhold and pay over employment tax, and three years for each count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a fraudulent tax return.  They also face substantial monetary penalties, supervised release, and restitution.

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney Strasser commended Assistant United States Attorney Greg Kennedy and Trial Attorney Lauren Castaldi of the Tax Division, who are prosecuting this case. The case was investigated by special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations.

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Former IRS Employee Sentenced to Prison for Aggravated Identity Theft

She Used Information Supplied by Taxpayers to File Fraudulent Returns

A former employee for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison for aggravated identity theft, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Byung J. 

According to court documents, Stephanie Parker worked for the IRS as a Contact Representative.  Between September 2012 and March 2013, taxpayers called into the IRS for assistance, and Parker handled the taxpayers’ inquiries.  During the calls, Parker obtained the taxpayers’ Social Security numbers and addresses.  On at least five occasions, Parker used the taxpayers’ personal information to electronically file fraudulent tax returns in their names without their authorization.  Parker directed the fraudulent tax refunds to bank accounts controlled by her friends.  Parker, in turn, had the money withdrawn from at least one of those accounts, deposited a portion of the money into her own bank account, and used it for personal expenses.

In addition to the term of imprisonment imposed, Parker was also ordered to serve one year of supervised release and to pay $5,964 in restitution to the IRS.

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Consultant To Iranian Mission To The United Nations Pleads Guilty To Filing False Income Tax Return & Conspiring To Violate Sanctions Laws (does NYS hire illegal aliens to collect taxes?)

In Brooklyn Federal Court, Ahmad Sheikhzadeh, a “United States Citizen” and resident of New York City, pled guilty to filing a false income tax return that substantially understated the amount of cash salary he received from Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (IMUN) and conspiring to facilitate the transfer of funds to Iran without the required license from the Treasury Department in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).  

The guilty plea was announced by Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Mary B. McCord, William F. Sweeney, Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Shantelle Kitchen, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).

According to court filings and facts presented during the plea proceeding, beginning in January 2008, Sheikhzadeh was employed as a consultant to the IMUN and received a regular salary, in cash, approximately once per month through an intermediary who was an official at the IMUN.  Sheikhzadeh was not a declared IMUN official.  From 2008 through 2012, Sheikhzadeh filed personal income tax returns that substantially understated the amount of income he received from his work for the IMUN.  In addition, distinct from his work for the IMUN, Sheikhzadeh provided money remitting (“hawala”) services to co-conspirators in the United States to facilitate investments in Iran and to direct disbursements from Iranian bank accounts.  Sheikhzadeh engaged in these money transfers without a license from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in violation of IEEPA.

When sentenced, Sheikhzadeh faces up to 23 years in prison.  He has agreed to pay over $147,000 in restitution and forfeiture.

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Tax Department to New York "We're Just Following Orders!" Next Stop Nuremberg (Better call Selig and Associates)

Sad but true, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has unilaterally decided that New Yorkers must pay excessive penalties – even when they’re not at fault. Specifically, the Tax Department recently announced “Reliance on the advice of an accountant is no longer acceptable as reasonable cause for abatement of penalty” Apparently taking away people’s drivers licenses wasn’t enough, and as such, the State felt it should also circumvent your right raise an affirmative defense. 

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Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Government Funds & Obstructing IRS. SELIG & Associates is NUMBER 1#

4 September 2018: An extremely unhappy man was just sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing government funds and corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the internal revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez. 

According to documents filed with the court, Attila Kalmar filed 2007 through 2009 trust returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the name of First AK-Open Sec Trust, a nominee entity, seeking more than $480,000 in fraudulent refunds.  

Kalmar deposited a refund check he received as a result of these filings into a bank account, and then used the proceeds to purchase real property, acquire thousands of dollars in gold coins, and wire money overseas.  Moreover, Kalmar attempted to impede the internal revenue laws by transferring funds between nominee bank accounts and falsely representing to the IRS that an IRS revenue officer was the trustee for First AK-Open Sec Trust.

In addition to the term of prison imposed, U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell ordered Kalmar to serve three years of supervised release, forfeit $274,019 and a piece of real estate to the United States, and pay $274,019 in restitution to the IRS. 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney Chapa Lopez commended special agents of IRS–Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Trial Attorneys William M. Montague and Grace E. Albinson of the Tax Division, who prosecuted the case.

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