Falsifying Government Documents is usually done in connection with broader criminal aims, such as extortion, government fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, financing terrorism, etc. Involves altering, changing, or modifying a document for the purpose of deception.......can also involve forgery and/or passing copies of false documents.
Types of documents commonly falsified may include:
◾Tax returns and income statements
◾Personal checks
◾Bank account records
◾Business record keeping books
◾Immigration documents (such as visas, passports, etc.)
◾Identification cards and birth certificates
Many different types of acts can be considered as falsifying a document, including:
◾Altering or misrepresenting factual information such as prices or monetary amounts
◾Stating false information when requested to provide truthful statements
◾Forging a signature
◾Using official letterheads without authorization
◾Concealing assets or property WRT obtaining federal/state grants))
◾Knowingly using or distributing a fake document
A person can only be held criminally liable if they are deliberately acting with the intention of deceiving or defrauding another party.
Falsifying documents is a very serious offense and is generally classified as a felony. This means that a person charged with falsifying documents may be subject to the following legal penalties:
◾Having to pay a monetary fine
◾Incarceration in a prison facility
Depending on the gravity of the offense, as well as individual state laws, falsifying documents can result in a prison sentence of 5-10 years. Also, if government documents or authorities were involved, the legal penalties may be more severe. ..... legal penalties may increase with repeat offenses.
The penalty for falsifying government documents is outlined in the Crimes Act of 1958.
The stated discrepancy is "that government grants were mistakenly combined with all other contributions for three years."
Judge Jeannine said she knows of no one refiling tax returns who did not go to jail.
Sorry, but amending tax returns is not a criminal offense. I've done it, after discovering that my taxable income included paid moving expenses (increasing my tax), but that I didn't take advantage of the moving expense deduction to offset it. I got an additional tax refund as a result.
There are many problems with the Clinton's operation of their foundation, but as long as their non-charitable expenses were reported as taxable income by the recipients, it's unlikely the IRS will prosecute them for that.
It would be nice if someone at the IRS were to decide that the "charity" isn't a charity, and revoke their status -- retroactively. But, I don't know enough about the tax law to know if there are objective criteria, and whether the Clinton's foundation violate the criteria.