by Marina Burghard | Aug 5, 2020 | Featured, Financial Fraud, Organized Crime, Tax Fraud
Orillia (August 5, 2020) – Police accomplished another hit at the illegal gambling operation ran by and linked to members of known criminal organizations through the OPP’s investigation dubbed Project Hobart. As a result of further search warrants at numerous Ontario...
by Marina Burghard | Jul 21, 2020 | Featured, Identity Fraud, Tax Fraud
Calgary (July 21, 2020) – The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) accused Chun Zhu, a.k.a. Ted Zhu, of conducting an employment scam with the intention to steal identities. Thereafter, he allegedly used the gathered personal information about his victims in a tax refund scam....
by Marina Burghard | Jul 13, 2020 | Featured, Tax Fraud
Toronto (July 13, 2020) – Former Toronto-area tax preparer, John Oladapo Oladehinde, pleaded guilty to Fraud Over $5,000 in a tax fraud case after spending more than 10 years on the lam, according to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Between 2001 and 2005, he prepared...
by Marina Burghard | Jun 23, 2020 | Featured, Tax Fraud
Vancouver (June 23, 2020) – A B.C. Provincial Court found Michael Curt Helmut Scholz of Vancouver guilty of tax fraud on June 18. The CRA said, he provided forged documents to reduce taxes on real estate. Between December 2009 and April 2013, the West Vancouver...
by Marina Burghard | Jun 10, 2020 | Corporate Frauds, Featured, Tax Fraud
Dartmouth (June 10, 2020) – A Nova Scotia Provincial Court sentenced Dartmouth businessman, Arlington Smith, for tax evasion, on June 9. The owner of Sunshine Driveway Sealers, a driveway paving and sealing company, failed to report business income and unremitted...
by Marina Burghard | Jun 10, 2020 | Featured, International Fraud, Tax Fraud
New York (June 10, 2020) – U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein sentenced lawyer, David Smith, to three years in prison for tax evasion, on June 8. He worked with partners at Ernst & Young LLP (EY) on five ‘tax shelters’ that were sold or implemented by EY between...