The basic per diem rate allowed by the IRS for payments to transportation workers is rising by $11 in fiscal year 2025.
The most widely used IRS rate for per diem payments will be held steady in 2023-24.
Michael Chaves, the former owner of a vehicle-transport carrier, gets 30 months in prison for forging DOT documents and failing to maintain driver certifications.
Lev Aslan Dermen was convicted on multiple charges involving business connections to brothers Jacob and Isaiah Kingston, who were convicted in 2018 for their role in a massive biodiesel tax scheme.
The Justice Department said the former owners of Road Tire Plus Corp. in South Florida avoided paying federal tax on tire imports.
Government denies claims the IRS misled company on excise tax rules.
