Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Rosa Colon, who ran X-Press Taxes in Somerville, was also ordered to pay $400,000 in restitution to the IRS.
A former Somerville tax preparer was sentenced Tuesday to 61 months in prison—just over five years—for committing identity theft and tax fraud, according an announcement from the District of Massachusetts United States Attorney's office. Rosa Ivette Colon, 44, of Milford, ran X-Press Taxes in Somerville, and between 2004 and 2010 she prepared false claims for herself and clients, sometimes unlawfully using their identities without their knowledge. She defrauded the government somewhere between $400,000 and $1 million in unpaid taxes, according to an August press release from the U.S. Attorney's office. Colon pleaded guilty in August to 32 counts of aggravated identity theft, filing false claims with the IRS and forging endorsements on U.S…
Friday, August 10, 2012
John Thibedeau of Waltham was involved in a cocaine dealing operation with two postal workers at the Union Square Post Office.
John Thibedeau, 48, of Waltham, was sentenced Thursday to 12 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his involvement in a cocaine dealing operation that involved two postal workers at Somerville's Union Square Post Office, according to the District of Massachusetts United States Attorney's Office. Perviously, Gerard Harrington and Sean Williamson, the postal workers, both pleaded guilty to dealing cocaine. Harrington was sentenced to eight months committed and eight months of home confinement with electronic monitoring, according to the announcement. Williamson awaits sentencing. A fourth man, William Zuluaga, also pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 24 months in prison. The men were charged with making a series of …
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Rosa Colon defrauded the government of between $400K and $1 million in taxes.
Rosa Ivette Colon, 44, who ran a business called X-Press Taxes in Somerville, pleaded guilty Tuesday to identity theft and tax fraud, according to an announcement from the District of Massachusetts United States Attorney's office. Colon, who's from Milford, prepared hundreds of false tax returns for her clients, the announcement says. From 2004 to 2010, she would often prepare two versions of tax claims. One she would provide to her clients, the second, claiming a larger tax refund, she would file with the IRS, and she would pocket the difference, according to the announcement. She also filed fraudulent claims for herself, using bogus W-2 forms claiming nonexistent wages and and withholdings, the announcement says. The announcement says in…
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
William Zuluaga, a Colombian national, faces deportation after serving his prison sentence.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Editor's note: The following is from the Massachusetts office of the United States Attorney. Zuluaga pleaded guilty in connection to a cocaine distribution operation. Two postal employees from the Union Square post office also pleaded guilty in the case. BOSTON - William Zuluaga, who last resided in Revere, was sentenced today on charges stemming from his involvement in a drug conspiracy with two former United States Postal Service employees. Zuluaga, 58, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine. A Colombian national, he faces deportation after serving his sentence. Zuluaga, along with co-…
Monday, April 23, 2012
John Thibedeau is the fourth man to plead guilty in a case involving postal workers at the Union Square Post Office dealing cocaine.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Editor's note: The following is from the United States Attorney's office in Boston. Find more here and here: Boston - A Somerville man pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges stemming from his involvement in a drug conspiracy. John Thibedeau, 48, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and four counts of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine. In September 2011, Thibedeau, along with co-conspirators Sean Williamson, William Zuluaga and Gerard Harrington, were indicted. Harrington and Williamson are former Postal Service employees who worked out of the Somerville Post Office. The prosecutor told the Court that the government’s evidence included five video and audio recordings of …
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Rosa Ivette Colon ran X-Press Taxes at various offices in Somerville and prepared fraudulent tax returns for Spanish-speaking clients, according to an announcement from the U.S. District Attorney.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The following was provided by the U.S. District Attorney's office for the district of Massachusetts: TAX PREPARER CHARGED WITH I.D. THEFT AND TAX OFFENSES BOSTON - A Milford woman who ran a tax preparation business in Somerville has been arrested and charged with identity theft and tax fraud charges relating to her operation of that business. Rosa Ivette Colon, 44, was arrested and charged with aggravated identity theft, filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and forging endorsements on United States Treasury checks in a 32 count indictment returned by a grand jury sitting in Boston, on Dec. 7, 2011. According to the indictment, Colon operated a business called X-Press Taxes in various offices in Somerville, where …
Lisa
11:03 am on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Hope she does some serious time. more ›