Sentences with phrase «federal tax fraud»

Then - Congressman Michael Grimm resigned from his seat after winning re-election in November and pleading guilty to federal tax fraud in December.

«The firing of Andrew McCabe is the first time I've seen true justice on the federal level since the corrupt witch hunt I personally endured,» stated Grimm, who pleaded guilty to a charge of federal tax fraud.

Trombetta pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud because he allegedly avoided paying taxes on money he siphoned from the school to buy a Florida condominium, houses for his mother and girlfriend, and nearly $ 1 million in personal purchases.

According to King, Donovan starts out conversations by promising that he'll never embarrass the party — a reference to previous Republican occupants of the seat including Grimm, who pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud in January, and Vito Fossella, who was discovered to have a second family in Virginia after he was arrested for driving under the influence.

Grimm is a former congressman who resigned in 2014 after pleading guilty to federal tax fraud.

Grimm pleaded guilty in December to federal tax fraud, admitting he hid $ 1 million is sales receipts from a restaurant he once owned in Manhattan called Healthalicious.

There are federal criminal laws, passed by Congress which are, in theory, tied to a federal or national issue (federal tax fraud, any crime committed on federal property or interstate contraband trafficking, as examples).