Former Pleasanton woman sentenced on tax fraud charge Comments on Stories, posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Oct 14, 2011 at 3:37 pm
A former Pleasanton resident was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $1.4 million for failing to pay taxes in a scheme that defrauded the CEO of an Oakland-based health care provider.
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Posted by Guy, a resident of Livermore, on Oct 14, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Sounds like just another case of Govt IRS overreach to me. We should not be throwing good intnetioned CFO's into jail simply because of a bookkeeping error or two. Not when we have so many corrupt union teachers gouging the taxpayers with there exorbinant salaries.
Posted by Mike, a resident of the Highland Oaks neighborhood, on Oct 14, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Who was it that said you can't blame someone for loving himself more than he loves you?
Thing is, I can't figure why IRS enforcement takes precedence over a felony violation of the criminal code. The way the article reads, the IRS gains 1.4 million while the CEO eats a 4-million-dollar loss.