{"id":18307,"date":"2010-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/getting-trouble-irs-law\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:00:12","slug":"getting-trouble-irs-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/getting-trouble-irs-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting in Trouble with the IRS and the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you've got an IRS letter on your desk right now, you have a decision to make, and the clock matters. I'm Darrin Mish. I've spent 32 years helping people with exactly this kind of situation. Here's what you should do.<\/p>\n

Tax Fraud and Hoax Calls Land Man in Jail<\/div>\n
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Nicholas Barbati, 22 of Daytona Beach pleaded guilty to 3 counts of making bogus calls to the US Coast Guard in August. \u00a0On November 14, 2008 Barbati called the Coast Guard to report an inbound threat to the space shuttle Endeavor which was about to be launched. \u00a0Claiming to be a Coast Guard officer, Barbati said he spotted the threat two miles out at sea. \u00a0 In addition, the day before that, he called the US Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington D.C. to report that his 32 foot yacht with \u201910 souls\u2019 onboard was stricken and taking in water about 3 miles offshore from Fire Island, N.Y. according to officials.<\/div>\n
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In October Barbati pleaded guilty to another crime. \u00a0This time it was filing false claims with the IRS when he filed income tax returns for prostitutes working in his Internet escort services which he operated from his house.<\/div>\n
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For his crimes, the US Attorney\u2019s Office in the Middle District of Florida said Barbati was ordered to pay more than $117,000 to the US Coast Guard and more than $92,000 to the IRS. \u00a0The court also sentenced Barbati to 4 years in a federal prison.<\/div>\n
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IRS Files Lien on Property of Kelly Rowland<\/a><\/div>\n
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Singer Kelly Rowland, formerly of the group Destiny\u2019s Child is in trouble with the IRS for failing to pay almost $100,000 in taxes. \u00a0As a result, the IRS has filed a tax lien in the New York Register on property owned by the singer.<\/div>\n
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The total amount of tax debt against Rowland is $98,634. \u00a0The singer has not made any comments on this issue.<\/div>\n
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Rowland\u2019s music career blossomed when she was a member of the popular group, Destiny\u2019s Child. \u00a0When she later went solo, Rowland encountered some bad results in her career but she saw through it and subsequently found success as she switched from R&B to dance music. \u00a0She was assisted in this change by David Guetta.<\/div>\n

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