Press Release
Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Owner Recieves Prison Sentence
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Drew Alia, 40, of Philadelphia was sentence to a 12 month and 1 day term of imprisonment for willfully failing to file federal income tax returns for tax years 2010 through 2013 announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. Alia, an attorney, operated a home mortgage rescue service that was designed to assist home owners who were facing foreclosure.
During the sentencing hearing before United States District Court Judge Paul Diamond, the Court noted that Alia had received approximately $1.6 million in gross income. Alia was charged, by Information, with four counts of failing to file returns resulting in a tax loss of $127,037. In addition to a term of imprisonment, Judge Diamond also ordered Alia to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service for the tax loss he caused after he is released from prison.
The case was investigated by Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Floyd J. Miller.
Updated May 3, 2017
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Tax
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