After I stopped laughing, and picked myself up off the floor, I ran to my computer to submit this letter to Mr. Wessel. ...more

October 30, 2009

A Republican lawmaker wants the Justice Department to investigate ACORN, a community organization under fire for several voter-registration fraud cases. ...more

September 15, 2009

On top of the world a few months ago, Brazilian race driver and "Dancing With The Stars" champ Helio Castroneves will face career ruin and possible jail time if he is convicted at a federal tax evasion trial that begins Monday with jury selection in Miami. ...more

March 2, 2009

A Sarasota man who has repeatedly tangled with the Internal Revenue Service was arrested today on criminal tax charges. ...more

February 12, 2009

A Pinellas County telemarketer pleaded guilty today to tax evasion, admitting he failed to pay more than $136,000 in federal taxes in 2004. ...more

January 28, 2009

A federal judge said today she doesn't have the authority to change slumlord Steven Green's 33-month prison sentence to probation. ...more

January 23, 2009

Former slumlord Steven Green is in such bad physical condition that it would be legally and morally inappropriate for him to go to prison, his lawyer says in court papers. ...more

January 19, 2009

Randy Nowak's own words will be the most important evidence in his trial on charges he tried to hire a hit man to kill an IRS officer, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday. ...more

December 16, 2008

Randy Nowak's own words will be the most important evidence in his trial on charges he tried to hire a hit man to kill an IRS officer, a federal prosecutor told jurors this morning. Nowak, 49, of Mulberry, is accused of hiring a man he knew as "Reaper" to kill an IRS revenue officer for a total of $20,000 because he was afraid of going to prison for tax evasion. ...more

December 15, 2008

William Sharp, from the offices of Sharp & Associates in Tampa's West Shore business district, finds himself in the middle of the conflict – and in great demand. Some wealthy American taxpayers want to come clean with the IRS. They've hired his firm to help them voluntarily report assets they have in UBS accounts. He and his partners are traveling to Switzerland twice a month to review secret bank records. ...more

December 4, 2008