2016 Auditing Corporation Tax 
Accounting Today
JUNE 12, 2025
Bangor, Maine: Paul Archer, a Florida resident formerly of Hampden and Orrington, Maine, has pleaded guilty to attempting to evade federal taxes and engaging in fraudulent transfers and concealment in a bankruptcy proceeding. Bui anticipated that the transactions would be audited.
Accounting Today
JUNE 5, 2025
Sirleaf, who previously pleaded guilty, was the sole owner and operator of Metro Financial Services; he prepared false and fraudulent 1040s for clients for at least tax years 2016 through 2019. He also filed false returns for himself for tax years 2017 through 2019, failing to fully report his income.
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Accounting Today
JUNE 19, 2025
In total, Mellinger and his co-conspirators helped clients prepare returns that claimed more than $106 million in false deductions, causing a tax loss to the IRS of some $37 million. In January 2016, Mellinger learned that several of his clients were under investigation and that the United States had started seizing their funds.
Accounting Today
JULY 24, 2025
West Long Branch, New Jersey: Resident Matthew Tucci has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. For 2015 and 2016, he filed tax returns that stated he owed more than $2 million in taxes for both years but did not fully pay the taxes. From at least 2016 through 2020, he filed no returns for himself or for his companies.
Accounting Today
JUNE 26, 2025
Gibson initially prepared an appropriate return from which the agent would have owed taxes. During the 2016 through 2022 tax years, Gibson prepared at least 135 returns containing fraudulent information, causing a loss to the IRS of at least $125,197, which Gibson has agreed to pay in restitution.
Accounting Today
JULY 10, 2025
Barr, who pleaded guilty in February, owned the tax prep business Maxi Tax Resource. She prepared false returns for at least 14 clients between 2016 and 2020, including false Schedule C losses for fabricated businesses, as well as false itemized deductions and standard deductions. Her conduct cost the IRS more than $300,000.
Accounting Today
JULY 21, 2025
She operated Davis Tax Service with her cousin, Kenneshia Davis, at three locations in Mobile. IRS records show that she underreported her income by more than $1 million in 2015 and 2016, and failed to file any returns for 2017 despite having significant income. At that time, he also filed for 2017.
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