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The case of the orthodontist who tried to swindle the IRS with $36 million in tax fraud

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<&sol;ul>&NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine; &NewLine; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>The real shocker in this story is that given how inept the IRS is&comma; that this guy didn&&num;8217&semi;t get away with his silly schemes<&sol;span>&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><strong>Ogdensburg Orthodontist Sentenced to 97 Months’ Imprisonment for Attempting to Defraud the IRS of &dollar;36 Million <&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;ALBANY&comma; NY—<strong>Glenn Richard Unger<&sol;strong>&comma; 62&comma; of Ogdensburg&comma; New York&comma; was sentenced to 97 months’ imprisonment by Senior U&period;S&period; District Judge Thomas J&period; McAvoy and ordered to pay &dollar;200&comma;000 in restitution&comma; announced <strong>Richard S&period; Hartunian<&sol;strong>&comma; United States Attorney&comma; Northern District of New York&comma; and Kathryn Keneally&comma; Assistant Attorney General of the Tax Division&period; On October 21&comma; 2013&comma; a U&period;S&period; District Court jury convicted Unger of the following offenses&colon; obstructing and impeding the Internal Revenue Service &lpar;IRS&rpar;&semi; filing false claims against the United States&semi; tax evasion&semi; and passing fictitious obligations&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The evidence at trial showed that Unger&comma; a former <strong>orthodontist&comma;<&sol;strong> engaged in a multi-year scheme to obstruct and impede the IRS by filing numerous false and fraudulent claims with the IRS for payment of a refund of taxes totaling approximately 36 million dollars&period; Between 2007 and 2011&comma; Unger filed 14 false tax returns claiming that he earned substantial income reported on IRS Forms 1099-OID&comma; had substantial withholdings on that income&comma; and was entitled to 36 million dollars in tax refunds&period; Despite numerous warning letters from the IRS that his returns were frivolous&comma; he continued filing false tax returns&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Unger also attempted to evade payment of taxes he owed to the IRS&period; During 2004 and 2005&comma; Unger earned income and failed to file tax returns reporting that income&period; The IRS assessed taxes for those two years and also assessed penalties for filing frivolous tax returns&period; After the IRS filed a tax lien against Unger&comma; he attempted to file a false document with the Saratoga County Clerk’s office attempting to release the lien&period; Unger also attempted to pay off a debt to another orthodontist with a fictitious document purported to be worth &dollar;200&comma;000&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;United States Attorney Hartunian said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This lengthy prison sentence shows that tax defiers like Unger who use bogus tax schemes and pay debts with fictitious documents will be punished for their crimes&period; No one can set himself above the law for personal financial gain&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Those who commit tax fraud by filing false and frivolous tax returns or failing to pay taxes risk criminal prosecution resulting in prison&comma;” said <strong>Kathryn Keneally&comma; Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division<&sol;strong>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This sentence serves as one more example that tax defier conduct may result in severe repercussions&comma; including imprisonment&comma; restitution orders&comma; and fines&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;This prosecution resulted from an investigation conducted by the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation&comma; New York Field Office&semi; the Federal Bureau of Investigation&comma; Albany Field Office&semi; the New York State Police&semi; and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration&period; The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ransom P&period; Reynolds &lpar;NDNY&rpar; and Jeffrey Bender &lpar;DOJ Tax Division&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;3524" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-3524" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;KLAN-Killing-America&sol;dp&sol;B00GONSVA8&sol;ref&equals;sr&lowbar;1&lowbar;10&lowbar;title&lowbar;2&lowbar;audd&quest;s&equals;books&amp&semi;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;qid&equals;1398127338&amp&semi;sr&equals;1-10"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-3524 " alt&equals;"KLAN&colon; 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