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CA-2020-07, October 19, 2020 ¡ª Victims of the California wildfires that began on September 4 may qualify for tax relief from the IRS.

November 9, 2022 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that Dimitrios Kassimis, also known as Jimmy Kassimis, of Old Saybrook, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to one count of tax evasion.

February 22, 2023 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Dimitrios Kassimis, also known as Jimmy Kassimis, of Old Saybrook, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 15 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tax evasion.

Nov. 19, 2024 ¡ª A Wheeling, West Virginia, physician was convicted today of failing to pay nearly $2.5 million in payroll taxes, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

June 12, 2024 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Lyell Champagne, Jr., of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to charges stemming from two different fraud schemes.

March 4, 2025 ¡ª A Wake County woman who engaged as a money mule or ¡°middleman¡± to defraud multiple victims in an international romance fraud scheme was sentenced today to 24 months, 3 years supervised release, and ordered to pay $109,119 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. Michon Griffin pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and making false statements on her individual income tax return Form 1040 on July 10, 2024.

March 22, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury has indicted Los Angeles attorney Milton C. Grimes with the evasion of payment of his individual income taxes and willful failure to pay taxes, the Justice Department announced today.

Jan. 8, 2025 ¡ª U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Kerry Christian Heuhs of Holt pleaded guilty to tax evasion.

IR-2022-100, May 3, 2022 ¡ª The IRS today urged business taxpayers to begin planning now to take advantage of the enhanced 100% deduction for business meals and other tax benefits available to them when they file their 2022 federal income tax return.

Feb. 7, 2024 ¡ª A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty today to evading taxes on income he earned as a commercial fisherman.