GUILFORD, CT — A Guilford business owner this week pleaded guilty to a federal tax offense officials say stemmed from her failure to pay business payroll taxes.Michelle Ann Gilson, 38, appeared before U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford on Thursday and pleaded guilty to one count of willful failure to pay over withholding … Read more
The title page reads, “Mandate for Leadership, the Conservative Promise — Project 2025, Presidential Transition Project.” What follows are 920 pages of sweeping changes for the “next conservative president” to put into effect or, if not sufficiently empowered, to recommend to Congress. From abortion to veterans affairs, the anthology of 30 chapters, each by a … Read more
EAST ISLIP, — Two Long Island business owners were sentenced in late June after pleading guilty to grand larceny for stealing tax money from New York State, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said. Brian Soltan, 62, of West Islip, owner of several East Islip auto body businesses, and Gerald McCrystal, 51, of Dix … Read more
Listen to this article Two owners of businesses on Long Island were sentenced last week for stealing more than $1 million in sales tax money from New York State, according to a statement from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office. West Islip resident Brian Soltan, owner of several East Islip auto body businesses, had pleaded … Read more
Former President Donald Trump huddled with congressional Republicans Thursday in his first visit to Capitol Hill since the partisan violence of January 6, 2021. Then he reportedly promised a Business Roundtable gathering of CEOs that he would cut the corporate tax rate to 20% if he wins another term in the White House.The 2017 Republican … Read more
A felony conviction just months ahead of a presidential race in the United States is unheard of. Yet Donald J. Trump has become the first former president and the first GOP candidate to be convicted by a New York jury on all 34 counts in his criminal case of hush-money. Trump himself called the verdict … Read more
Hunter Biden’s sister-in-law testified at his criminal trial on Thursday that she took and threw away his gun out of fear of his spiraling addiction, potentially bolstering prosecutors’ case that President Joe Biden’s son broke a law barring illegal drug users from owning firearms.Jurors in the first criminal trial of a U.S. president’s son saw surveillance camera … Read more
GannettJonathan Bandler, Rockland/Westchester Journal NewsJune 5, 2024 at 8:47 PMTwo Eastchester accountants have admitted their roles in a tax fraud scheme that allowed corporate clients to avoid tax liabilty by sending company checks to the accountants and getting cash in return that they never reported.Jack Sardis, 66, of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, pleaded guilty Wednesday … Read more
Hunter Biden’s criminal trial on gun charges began with a government lawyer stating that he was being prosecuted for lying on a form to purchase a handgun and not above the law. Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to three felony charges related to failing to disclose his drug use when purchasing a gun. The trial is taking place in Wilmington, Delaware, and Hunter Biden’s attorney argued that the gun was never used and was disposed of shortly after purchase. Hunter Biden has publicly discussed his drug addiction, and FBI agent Erika Jensen is expected to testify about his messages discussing drug use. If convicted on all charges, Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in prison.
Fact: Akel MP Irini Charalambidou criticized the attorney-general’s office for its handling of the prosecution of former Volunteerism Commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki, who is accused of forging his academic qualifications.