May 15, 2026
A Michigan federal judge on Friday granted the U.S. government's bid to hold the co-founder of a defunct telemarketing fundraiser personally liable for more than $4.3 million in unpaid payroll taxes, finding that he controlled the company's finances and willfully failed to pay the Internal Revenue Service.
January 23, 2025
Federal prosecutors and the estate of a telemarketing company owner asked a Michigan federal judge to approve a consent judgment ordering the estate to pay $4.3 million of the company's outstanding employment taxes.
December 02, 2022
The wife of a deceased owner of a telemarketing company shuttered for a massive robocall scheme should pay $4.3 million of the company's outstanding employment taxes because she is the presumed executor of her husband's estate, the U.S. government told a Michigan federal court.