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May 10, 2023 — A New Bedford man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for evading more than $431,000 in federal income taxes over the course of seven years.

July 27, 2023 — A Joplin, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court yesterday for failing to pay over employment taxes.

February 15, 2023 — A New Bedford man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to evading more than $431,000 in federal income taxes over the course of seven years.

Dec. 16, 2024 — Sedita Charles Cayson of Panacea, Florida, was found guilty by a federal judge of five counts of willfully failing to file his income tax returns during a five-year period, spanning tax years 2017-2021. The guilty verdict returned at the conclusion of a day-and-a-half bench trial, was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

IR-2022-31, February 9, 2022 — As part of ongoing efforts to provide additional help for people during this period, the IRS announced today the suspension of more than a dozen additional letters, including the mailing of automated collection notices normally issued when a taxpayer owes additional tax, and the IRS has no record of a taxpayer filing a tax return.

Find information on the Treasury Offset Program (TOPS) regarding the subsidy payments made to issuers of direct pay bonds.

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Feb. 27, 2025 — Sedita Charles Cayson of Panacea, Florida, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison after being found guilty of five counts of willfully failing to file his income tax returns for tax years 2017-2021, at the conclusion of a prior day-and-a-half bench trial.

Sept. 27, 2024 — Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Kevin Biebel of Hardeeville, South Carolina, formerly of New Milford, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for tax fraud.