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June 19 , 2009
INDICTMENT CHARGES ATTORNEY WITH TAX EVASION
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – Rosalyn Marie Quinn, 53, Kansas City, Kan., is charged with seven counts of failing to pay employment taxes, and two counts of failure to pay individual income tax. The crimes are alleged to have occurred at various times from July 31, 2003, to Jan. 31, 2005 in Kansas City, Kan.
According to the indictment, in 1990 Quinn established a law practice called Rosie Quinn and Associates at 1975 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, Kan. She had three to five employees to assist her with the work. Beginning in 1996, the Internal Revenue Service began efforts to collect employment taxes that Quinn failed to pay.
Quinn made thousands of dollars of expenditures from company funds for her personal benefit while failing to pay over to the IRS payroll taxes withheld from her employees’ paychecks. From January 1995 through December 2005, Rosie Quinn & Associates made only two payments to the IRS totaling about $10, 232 while withholding from employees’ paychecks approximately $238,605.
Quinn also failed to pay income taxes. In calendar year 2003 she failed to pay approximately $19,905 in taxes she owed on her income.
If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 5 years and a fine up to $250,000 on each count of failure to pay employment taxes, and a maximum of 1 year in prison and a fine up to $100,000 on each count of failure to pay individual income tax. The Internal Revenue Service investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Rask is prosecuting.
OTHER INDICTMENTS
A federal grand jury meeting in Kansas City, Kan., also returned the following indictments:
Amanda E. Childs, 30, Oak Grove, Mo., is charged with four counts of bank fraud. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in 2002 and 2003 in Wyandotte and Johnson Counties in Kan.
According to the indictment, in 2002 and 2003 Childs took part with other people in a scheme to submit false and fraudulent loan applications and property appraisals to lenders in order to obtain mortgage loans. The conspirators transferred funds obtained unlawfully into bank accounts they controlled for their own use. The conspirators used the following Kansas businesses to defraud the lenders: Heritage Financial Investments, Legacy Enterprises, Atlantic Mortgage Inc., The Real Estate Group, J.T.F. Enterprises, Liberty Escrow, T.E.R.M. Appraisers, Approved Mortgage, The Mortgage Connection, Apex Appraisals, Ryan Miller Appraisals, LLC, Midwest Appraisals, Pinpoint Appraisals and Summit Appraisals. They submitted to lenders false representations of borrowers’ income and employment, false lien information, false occupancy statements, false sales contracts and false notarizations of loan documents. Conspirators also submitted false property appraisals including inflated property valuations and forged signatures of appraisers.
According to the indictment, Childs took part in submitting fraudulent loan applications on houses at locations including the 4000 block of Troost, Kansas City, Mo.; the 300 block of NE Bridge Plaza, Blue Springs, Mo.; the 5700 block of Swope Parkway, Kansas City, Mo., and the 1600 block of 24th Street, Kansas City, Kan.
If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison and a fine up to $1 million on each count. The Internal Revenue Service investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marietta Parker is prosecuting.
Darnell Richmond, 47, Kansas City, Kan., is charged with one count of bank robbery. According to the indictment, on May 27, 2009, he robbed UMB Bank, 601 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department worked on the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Leon Patton is prosecuting.
Ronald Wilson, 67, Overland Park, Kan., is charged with one count of distributing child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The charges are alleged to have occurred Nov. 28, 2007, and Jan. 31, 2008, in Johnson County, Kan.
According to the indictment, Wilson ran a Limewire program that offered to share images of child pornography over the Internet.
If convicted, he faces a penalty of not less than 5 years and not more than 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on the distribution charge, and a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the possession charge. The Overland Park Police Department investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Martin is prosecuting.
Jeremy N. Dungans, 27, Linwood, Kan., is charged with one count of manufacturing and possessing marijuana within 1,000 feet of Linwood Elementary School, one count possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of controlled substances, and one count of possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. The crimes are alleged to have occurred Feb. 25, 2009, in Leavenworth, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $500,000 on the marijuana charge, a maximum of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of controlled substances, and not less than 5 years and not more than life on the other firearms charge. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.
Bronston L. Gibson, 22, Leavenworth, Kan., is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, one count of possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of controlled substances, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The crimes are alleged to have occurred May 1, 2008, in Leavenworth, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a penalty of not less than 5 years and not more than life and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, a maximum penalty of 5 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the possession charge, and a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of possessing a firearm while being an unlawful user of controlled substances. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.
Nicholas A. Srader, 25, Peculiar, Mo., is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The crime is alleged to have occurred Dec. 27, 2009, in Overland Park, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.
George A. Stell, 28, Leavenworth, Kan., is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The crime is alleged to have occurred Aug. 25, 2007, in Leavenworth, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.
Derrick A. Williams, 24, Kansas City, Kan., is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The crime is alleged to have occurred June 4, 2008, in Kansas City, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.
Maximilian R. Mendoza, 24, Kansas City, Mo., is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The crime is alleged to have occurred Aug. 3, 2008, in Kansas City, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.
Dustin T. Green, 26, Kansas City, Kan., is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The crime is alleged to have occurred Jan. 9, 2009, in Kansas City, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.
Mary M. James, 38, Kansas City, Kan., is charged with providing false information to a federally licensed firearms dealer in order to purchase a firearm. The crime is alleged to have occurred April 17, 2008, in Shawnee, Kan.
If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Morehead is prosecuting.
Jesus Ramirez-Romero, 35, a citizen of Mexico who is in custody in the Osage County Jail, is charged with one count of unlawfully re-entering the United States after being convicted of an aggravated felony and deported. He was found May 7, 2009, in Lyndon, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Oakley is prosecuting.
Frank Alvarez, who is in custody at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., is charged with attempting to obtain marijuana. The crime is alleged to have occurred Sept. 25, 2007.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison consecutive to the sentence he is serving. The Federal Bureau of Investigation worked on the case. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Trent Krug is prosecuting.
Clinton McGhee, 33, who is in custody at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., is charged with attempting to obtain marijuana. The crime is alleged to have occurred Aug. 4, 2007.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison consecutive to the sentence he is serving. The Federal Bureau of Investigation worked on the case. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Trent Krug is prosecuting.
In all cases, defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The indictments filed merely contain allegations of criminal conduct.
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