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Ryan Korner (left), special agent in charge of the Los Angeles field office at the IRSs criminal investigation division, delivered the warning during an event hosted by the USC Gould School of Law on Tuesday.

December 15, 2021 — A former executive of a Southern California-based funeral home company was sentenced on Monday to 27 months’ imprisonment for embezzling more than $2 million from his funeral home employer and lying on tax returns he filed with the Internal Revenue Service.

According to the FBI, Terry J. Harmon used the money he stole to fund a lavish lifestyle including paying for a house, gambling, traveling, and dining out.

Ex-Qualcomm employee pleads guilty to filing false tax return in Chabad scheme Copyright 2018 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Gregory Bull FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2011, file photo, a sign sits atop the Qualcomm headquarters building in San Diego. Chip maker Qualcomm is buying NXP Semiconductors N.V. in a deal valued at approximately $38.1 billion announced Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) a...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A former Qualcomm employee pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal count of filing a false tax return as part of the wide-ranging tax evasion and donation fraud scheme involving former Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein. Jason Ellis, 42, of Poway, admitted to evading more than $27,000 in taxes by donating money to nonprofit entities associated with the Chabad, funds which Goldstein returned to Ellis. Prosecutors say that when Ellis made his donations, he requested that Qu...

US charges Serbian man behind Steven Seagal-promoted Bitcoiin2Gen scam Business Authorities in the United States have unveiled charges against a Serbian man who allegedly operated a $7 million cryptocurrency scam. Krstijan Krstic founded Start Options and Bitcoiin2Gen, or B2G, in 2017 and reportedly induced U.S. investors into the scam. Krstic also tapped Steven Seagal to promote his scam, which resulted in the actor settling charges with regulators. The U.S. Justice Department unsealed...

Story highlights Zuberi was born in Pakistan, migrated to the United States with his parents when he was three years old, and eventually became an American citizen. A Pakistani-American venture capitalist has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined USD 1.75 million for falsifying records to hide his work as an unregistered foreign agent while lobbying high-level US officials. Imaad Shah Zuberi, 50, a California resident, was sentenced by US District Judge Virginia A Phillips, who also or...

Minister Vasudewa Nanayakkara yesterday told a gathering at Anuradhapura that he did not need to take COVID-19 vaccine for at least six months. Nanayakkara said that he had contracted the disease recently and had antibodies which would be effective for another six months or so. Minister Nanayakkara was found infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus in […]

By Norman Palihawadana MP Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera yesterday said that while he had been initially critical of the quality of the Indian COVID-19 vaccine; he had taken the jab as he had to visit China soon. The Thera said that if he had not been inoculated he would have had to undergo a lengthy […]

‘Opportunist’ Political Donor Who Made Millions Peddling Influence Sentenced to 12 Years A once high-flying political fundraiser who prosecutors said gave illegal campaign contributions to a host of U.S. politicians and evaded the payment of millions of dollars in taxes was sentenced Thursday to 12 years behind bars. Imaad Zuberi, who prosecutors said ingratiated himself with politicos in both major parties and peddled the resulting influence to foreign governments, pleaded guilty to charge...