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On September 27, 1951, President Truman suspended nine IRS officials in California, including Smyth, as part of a federal investigation into embezzlement and tax fraud within the IRS. [6] U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, John B. Dunlap, was investigating irregularities in IRS offices in San Francisco, Boston, New York, and St. Louis. [7]
He was granted a retrial following a finding of jury misconduct. LaRoque pleaded guilty to a single charge of theft prior to the second trial and the other counts were dismissed. (2015) [216] [217] State Representative Deb McManus (D) resigned her State House seat and pleaded guilty to a tax charge. (2014) [218] [219]
Vice President Spiro Agnew (R-MD) was convicted of tax fraud stemming from bribery charges in Maryland and forced to resign. [199] Gerald R. Ford (R-MI) was nominated by Nixon to replace Agnew as vice president, becoming the first person appointed to the Vice Presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment.
President Clinton signed the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, an enormous tax-reduction bill that radically overhauled the IRS code, making more than 800 changes to U.S. tax law.
In 1939, he was convicted of income tax evasion and served 15 months in a federal prison. The Pendergast organization helped to launch the political career of future president Harry S. Truman , which caused Truman's early enemies to dub him "the senator from Pendergast".
1933: Gangster Dutch Schultz was indicted for tax evasion. Rather than face the charges, he went into hiding. U.S. President Harry Truman pardoned George Caldwell, George Berham Parr, and Seymour Weiss for income tax evasion. 1963: Joe Conforte, a brothel owner, served two and a half years in prison, convicted for the crime of income tax evasion.
In 2021, federal authorities charged Moore with 10 counts of tax fraud after he was accused of failing to pay more than $1.5 million in Social Security, Medicare and federal taxes from the pay of ...
Garvin pleaded guilty to multiple tax fraud charges in March, according to U.S. Attorney Jacqueline Romero and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart Goldberg of the Justice Department ...