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Iranian-Jewish clothing executive agrees to serve time, pay fine
Eitan Arom
August 2, 2016
For six years, Los Angeles apparel executive Masud Sarshar hid more than $21 million from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with the help of Bank Leumi and another unnamed Israeli bank, according to a plea agreement announced Aug. 1.
Local Iranian-Jewish banker and leader acquitted of federal fraud charges
Karmel Melamed
November 19, 2014
Family members said they watched tears of joy and relief run down the face of Shokrollah Baravarian, an 82-year-old Iranian-Jewish former banker and community activist, on Oct. 31 after a jury in a downtown Los Angeles federal court acquitted him on four charges of conspiring with his clients to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of tax revenue.
Rob Eshman: The Shutdown
Rob Eshman
October 1, 2013
What the $%#@ is happening? I’m writing this 17 minutes after the Federal government shut down — for the first time in 17 years. I remember clearly the last time this happened. It was stupid and superfluous and self-destructive then. It’s stupid, superfluous and self-destructive now.
Founder of L.A. Kabbalah Centre dies
Ryan Torok
September 17, 2013
Rabbi Philip Berg, founder of the Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles and a spiritual adviser to A-list celebrities such as Madonna, has died, according to an announcement made on the Kabbalah Centre’s Web site on Sept. 16.
IRS’ ‘return free’ bad for most vulnerable
Jewish Journal
June 6, 2013
As April 15 nears each year, American taxpayers take inventory of their income and expenses and hand over a year’s worth of detail to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Many of us utilize the expertise of accountants to prepare what will become a complex analysis of the many life happenings that impact the sum of the taxes we owe or our refund.
Is Obama George W. — or even Nixon? The secrecy factor
Jewish Journal
May 14, 2013
The Obama administration has in recent weeks suffered a 1-2-3 scandal outbreak.
Worcester, Mass., synagogue, day school building seized by IRS
Jewish Journal
December 24, 2012
A building housing a synagogue and Jewish day school in Worcester, a city in central Massachusetts, has been seized by the Internal Revenue Service.
The Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles under IRS investigation
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2011
The Los Angeles-based Kabbalah Centre is under investigation by the Internal Revenue Service\’s criminal division. The probe reportedly also involves two charities that are connected with Madonna, the nonprofit center’s most high-profile celebrity supporter. The Los Angeles Times reported that the Internal Revenue Service is looking into whether funds were diverted for the personal use of the Berg family, which has run the Kabbalah Centre for more than 40 years.
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