Wife Of Alleged Sale Leaseback, Foreclosure Rescue Scammer Cops Plea To Clipping IRS Out Of $900K+ In Unpaid Taxes

In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Star Tribune reports:

• A 38-year-old Chaska woman admitted [...] to preventing the IRS from collecting more than $900,000 in employment taxes from her ex-husband's mortgage brokerage company. In pleading guilty in federal court in St. Paul, Shelley Lee Milless acknowledged that she schemed with her then-husband, Timothy Lynn Beliveau, 41, of Mound, to shield from the IRS $901,985.94 in income tax, Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax and Medicare tax collected from employees of American Alliance Mortgage Group.

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• Beliveau, her former husband, was indicted last month on 12 counts, including mail fraud and willful failure to account for and pay taxes. The indictment says Beliveau raised more than $1 million from real-estate investors that he then used to pay personal expenses. The government says Beliveau preyed on people facing foreclosure by promising to sell their home to investors who would let them remain in the house and repurchase it on a contract for deed while they worked to restore their credit.

For the story, see Guilty plea in $900,000 scam to cheat the IRS.