Legal Eagle Review
Court Enters Judgment Against Law Firm and Permanently Enjoins the Firm from Continuing to Pay Wages to Employees Without Paying Associated Payroll Taxes
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Today, a U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit issued a judgment against the law firm Hatchett, DeWalt & Hatchett PLLC in the amount of $122,994.12 for unpaid federal employment and unemployment taxes and penalties for late filing partnership income tax returns for various tax periods from 2003 to 2012.
SEC Charges Two Men With Insider Trading on Confidential Information From Their Wives
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Washington, DC - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced two separate cases against men who profited by insider trading on confidential information they learned from their wives about Silicon Valley-based tech companies.
HSI, Caribbean Corridor Strike Force seize $50 million worth of cocaine
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San Juan, Puerto Rico - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working jointly with the Caribbean Border Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) seized Monday 1774 kilograms of cocaine near Dorado and arrested two Venezuelan nationals for drug trafficking. The seized contraband has an estimated street value of $50 million.
Treasury to Treat Jurisdictions with FATCA Agreements in Substance as Agreements in Effect to Prepare for Start of Law
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Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that jurisdictions that have reached agreements in substance with the United States on the terms of intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) can be treated as having agreements in effect until the end of 2014.
President and Chief Executive Officer of Software Company Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 63 Months in Prison in $6.3 Million Offering Fraud Scheme
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Scot Zarkiewicz, the co-founder and former president, chief executive officer, treasurer, and principal owner of SingleClick Systems Corp. (SingleClick), a Delaware-incorporated, New Jersey-based software company, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 63 months in prison for perpetrating a scheme to defraud SingleClick investors.
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