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Judge hands down prison sentence for biopharmaceutical co-founders
JHL Biotech co-founders Racho Jordanov and Rose Lin were sentenced to just over a year in prison and three years supervised release.Read More
Covid-19 update: Financial relief progresses, supes consider only mail-in general election voting, cannabis company steps up for homeless
The good news is people may soon see some financial relief in the form of stimulus payments and enhanced unemployment benefits. The bad news is that the number of...Read More
Court approves IRS summons for names of Bitcoin users
A federal magistrate judge in San Francisco has granted the IRS approval for a first step to gain information about bitcoin users who may have failed to pay taxes...Read More
Million-dollar skim lands Woodside contractor in prison
A Woodside man was sentenced Friday to 31 months in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for structuring banking transactions to avoid reporting requirements.Read More
Tax preparer worker gets prison for million-dollar fraud
Tax preparer Valorie Shaw claimed more than $983,000 in tax refunds in 2011 and 2012 using personal information from clients without their knowledge.Read More
Police warn over fake IRS phone calls
Police are advising residents to be on alert for fraudulent phone calls from a person claiming to represent the U.S. Treasury.Read More
State grants tax relief to quake victims
The California Franchise Tax Board announced Thursday it is granting the same tax relief on state taxes that was provided on federal taxes.Read More
Woman indicted over $1M in fake W-2s
An Oakland resident was charged Thursday with conspiring to file false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service.Read More
Safeway clerk interrupts IRS scam
A store clerk helped foil a phone scam by stopping a woman before she handed thousands of dollars to a IRS fake agent. Read More
Don’t fall prey to an IRS con, police warn
Scammers tell victims they owe large amounts of money in back taxes and will be arrested if the money is not paid.Read More