![]() Each Band member received over $300,000 in casino distributions in 2004 and over $400,000 last year. The government complaint alleges that 32 of the 156 members of the Santa Ynez Band who received taxable distributions of the casionos income in 2004 were customers of the defendants and used the scheme. ![]() According to the governments civil injunction complaint, the two professionals-Stephen Drake of Prescott, Ariz., and Kenneth Sorenson of Buellton, Calif.- devised and operate a tax fraud scheme that helps some members of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians claim bogus deductions on their federal income tax returns to offset income the members receive from the Bands casino operations. District Court in Los Angeles, seeking to bar them from operating an alleged tax scam involving tribe members income from the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif. The Justice Department announced today that it has sued two certified public accountants in U.S. Two Professionals Allegedly Help Members of Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Claim Bogus Tax Deductions JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO BLOCK ALLEGED TAX SCAM INVOLVING NATIVE AMERICAN CASINO DISTRIBUTIONS ![]() #497: 08-03-06 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO BLOCK ALLEGED TAX SCAM INVOLVING NATIVE AMERICAN CASINO DISTRIBUTIONS
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