News Alert: Setting up a phony church doesn't make you income tax free...
Source: ABC6 News
Providence man agrees to stop alleged tax fraud scheme
September 20, 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Providence man has agreed to stop marketing an alleged tax fraud scheme under a federal court order.
Officials from the Justice Department say Eric Messier falsely advised customers that they could avoid paying federal income taxes by treating their assets and income as a "corporation sole" -- a church or charity organization with tax benefits in some states.
A government's complaint filed in the U-S District Court in Rhode Island says customers paid Messier between 25-hundred dollars and 10-thousand dollars to participate in the scheme.
The court order gives Messier 15 days to remove from his Web site all information advertising the scheme and to give the government a list of his customer's names and other personal information.
More Info: DOJ Press Release
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