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Jackson, Tenn. - The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to the arrest of Mutee Hussein Fadah, age 39, of Madison County, on Sept. 16, 2009. Fadah, the former owner of J Mart, located at 1625 E. Chester Street, was arrested by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department on two counts of failure to pay sales tax and one count of theft of property. 

GREENEVILLE, Tenn.– The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to yesterday’s guilty plea by Porshia Pauline Cutshaw, age 57, former owner of The Tobacco Barn.

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Revenue’s Special Investigations Section conducted the investigation that led to yesterday’s guilty verdict by a Sumner County jury of Keith A. Howard, age 41, on a Class E felony count of Sales Tax Evasion and a Class E felony count of Forgery. Howard faces sentencing on Oct. 16, 2009, for filing false and fraudulent documents with the Sumner County Clerk’s office that intentionally understated the purchase price of a Prevost bus he registered. Howard provided documents to the clerk’s office representing the purchase price as $62,500. The actual purchase price was $625,000.

MEMPHIS - The Tennessee Department of Revenue’s Special Investigations Section conducted the investigation that led to the Aug. 31, 2009 guilty plea by Robert H. Geerdes, age 69, former owner of Colonial Register Service.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Revenue and the University of Tennessee - Knoxville will co-sponsor the annual 2009 Tennessee Business Tax Seminar on Thursday, Sept. 17 from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UT Conference Center, located at 600 Henley Street, Suite 400, Knoxville, Tenn., 37902.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Revenue and the East Tennessee State University will co-sponsor the annual 2009 Tennessee Business Tax Seminar on Thursday, Sept. 3 from 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at The Centre at Millennium Park, located at 2001 Millennium Place, Johnson City, TN 37604.

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Department of Revenue announces its next series of free bimonthly tax workshops to be held in Nashville, Knoxville, Johnson City, Memphis and Chattanooga.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Special Investigations Section of the Tennessee Department of Revenue conducted the investigation that led to the arrest of Kevin D. Johnson, age 42, owner of K’Jay’s Liquors in Memphis, Tenn. Johnson was arrested yesterday by deputies of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department. Johnson was charged with theft of property over $10,000 and tax evasion. Bond was set at $10,000.

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Department of Revenue’s Special Investigations Section conducted the investigation that led to yesterday’s guilty plea by Madget A. Tidwell, age 49, past owner of Pizza Pro formerly located at 149 Dillard Court, Suite C in Kingston Springs.