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Southern District of Florida
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Palm Beach Tax Preparer Indicted for Tax Fraud
Miami, Florida – A Palm Beach County man appeared on Thursday, April 15, 2021, before Federal Magistrate Judge William Matthewman in West Palm Beach to face an indictment charging him with two counts of filing a false individual tax return for tax years 2014 and 2015; and one count of failing to file an individual tax return for tax year 2016.
According to the indictment, Kasali Opabola, Jr. of Palm Beach County, Florida, managed a tax return preparation organization FTP Tax Solutions, LLC. It is alleged that Opabola, Jr. falsely underreported the total income and gross receipts for FTP Tax Solutions, and that Opabola, Jr. knew that the total income and gross receipts were substantially greater than the reported amount.
If convicted of all counts, Opabola, Jr. faces up to 3 years of imprisonment as to Counts 1 and 2 and up to 1 year as to Count 3.
Juan Antonio Gonzalez, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Tyler R. Hatcher, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, Miami Field Office made the announcement.
This case is being investigated by IRS-CI Miami. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robin Waugh.
An indictment is only an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls.
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov, under case number 21-cr-80042.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Philadelphia Man Admits Conspiring to Export Firearms Parts from United States to Turkey and Republic of Georgia
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Philadelphia man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to smuggle more than $200,000 worth of firearms parts out of the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
Samet Doyduk, 35, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act and anti-smuggling laws.
According to the documents filed in this case and other cases and statements made in court:
Doyduk admitted that from November 2018 through March 2019, he and other conspirators agreed to ship firearms parts from the United States to Turkey and the Republic of Georgia. Doyduk and others used credit cards, Pay-Pal accounts, and other forms of payment to purchase firearms parts from suppliers in the United States. Doyduk and the other conspirators would then repackage the firearms parts, falsely label the contents of the package, and export the firearms parts to their customers in Turkey and the Republic of Georgia. To disguise their role in the conspiracy, the conspirators used aliases when sending the packages containing prohibited items. Upon receiving the firearms parts, the customers in Turkey and in the Republic of Georgia paid Doyduk and the other conspirators by international wire transfers or directly paid one of the conspirators in cash while that individual was in Turkey. The firearms parts included upper receivers, barrels, and magazines for several different types of Glock handguns, including Glocks in the following calibers: 9mm, .40 caliber, and .357 caliber.
The Arms Export Control Act prohibits the export of defense articles and defense services without first obtaining a license from the U.S. Department of State. Doyduk and others purchased and directed the unlawful exportation of more than $200,000 worth of defense articles from the United States to Turkey and the Republic of Georgia without the required export license.
The conspiracy charge to which Doyduk pleaded guilty is punishable by a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 23, 2021.
Acting U.S. Attorney Honig credited special agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Cherry Hill Resident Agency, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Jason J. Molina in Newark; and inspectors of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Inspector in Charge Damon Wood in Philadelphia, with the investigation leading to today’s guilty plea. She also thanked HSI agents in Ankara, Turkey and Frankfurt, Germany; U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Postal Inspection Services, JFK airport, for their assistance.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick C. Askin of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Camden.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/press-release/file/1388366/download