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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…

2 years ago

Oakland woman sentenced to three years for pandemic relief fraud

An Oakland woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in a million dollar pandemic relief fraud case, U.S.…

2 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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.…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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.

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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