People who prepare false or fraudulent tax returns risk criminal prosecution and, upon conviction, substantial time in jail.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Prosecutors are all used to persons who commit fraud making wild accusations when they're caught.
Prosecutors are all used to people who commit fraud making wild accusations when they're caught.
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
The Tax Division is committed to prosecuting accountants who assist their clients in fraudulent tax schemes.
At the risk of sounding really corny now, I'm a career prosecutor. I've been doing this for a very long time. And I believe in holding people responsible when they violate the law. But our sole responsibility is to seek justice. And sometimes that means a very lengthy sentence for people who are dangerous and from which society must be protected.
Evidence of defendants' lavish lifestyles is often used to provide a motive for fraud. Jurors sometimes wonder why an executive making tens of millions of dollars would cheat to make even more. Evidence of habitual gluttony helps provide the answer.
Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense.
Government lawyers have a duty to disclose evidence of wrongdoing in the government.
The IRS! They're like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!
If you don't drink, smoke, or drive a car, you're a tax evader.