Page 18 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021 Charges upgraded to murder in connection with fatal shooting in Everett M iddlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Everett Chief of Police Steven Mazzie have announced that Luiz Perlera, 18 of Lunenberg, has been arraigned on the charge of murIRS-CI | FROM PAGE 8 Joleen Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field der in connection with the fatal shooting of Craig McDonald, 20 of Randolph, which occurred on Friday, October 22, in Everett. Perlera had been previously arraigned on the charge of acOffice. “As the only law enforcement agency with jurisdiction to investigate tax crimes and with a 90 percent federal concessory after the fact. Judge Allen Swan ordered the defendant to be held without bail. The next date in this case is December 3. On November 12, a third co-defendant in this case, Anviction rate, we will continue in the laser-focused pursuit of our mission well into fiscal year 2022 and beyond.” dre Clarke, 19 of Randolph, was arrested and arraigned on the charges of accessory after the fact and witness intimidation. Judge William Farrell set bail at $50,000 with the conditions to In fiscal year 2021, IRS-CI built upon its existing network of U.S. field offices and international attachés to comwear a GPS monitoring bracelet, remain under house arrest and stay away and have no contact with the co-defendants or witnesses. The next date in this case is December 8. bat financial crimes across the globe. The agency’s alliance with the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5) helped strengthen public-private partnerships with financial institutions and the Fin-Tech industry to deter and identify criminal activity. Additionally, IRS-CI established its first cyber attaché in The Hague, Netherlands, to proactively support cyber investigative needs in coordination with Europol. “IRS-CI continues to lead tax and financial investigations here in the U.S. and across the globe,” said IRS-CI Chief James Lee. “In fiscal year 2021, as we faced the second year of a global pandemic, our team of agents continued to overcome personal and professional challenges to target criminals who exploited the U.S. tax and financial systems for personal gain.” While IRS-CI agents spent most of their investigative manhours, about 72%, investigating tax-related crimes like tax evasion and tax fraud during fiscal year 2021, they also made significant contributions to money laundering, narcotics trafficking, public corruption, terrorism and COVID-19 fraud investigations. Case examples include: • On April 13, a Massachusetts man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for aiding romance and lottery schemes targeting the elderly. • On January 8, the former owner of a seafood processing plant was sentenced in Rhode Island for tax evasion and seeking to obstruct IRS collection efforts for 10 years. • On April 20, the owner of two Connecticut nursing homes was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for embezzlement and tax offenses. • On May 12, a Massachusetts painting business owner was sentenced for perpetrating a $2 million income and payroll tax fraud scheme. • On April 14, a New Hampshire man was sentenced to one-and-a-half years in prison for facilitating employment tax fraud. The report includes additional case examples for each U.S. field office, an overview of IRS-CI’s international footprint, details about the specialized services provided by IRS-CI and investigative statistics, broken down by discipline, for fiscal year 2021.
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