COSTUME SHOP OWNERS HELD IN FRAUD.Byline: Daily News A couple that owns and operates seasonal Halloween costume Halloween costumes are outfits worn on or around October 31, the day of Halloween. Halloween is a modern-day holiday originating in the Pagan Celtic holiday of Samhain (in Christian times, the eve of All Saints Day). stores in local malls was arrested at their home Friday on suspicion of filing fraudulent state income taxes, officials said. Leonard Goldman, 59, and Julie Frese Goldman, 51, owners of Halloween Adventures, are suspected of underreporting $1.9 million from 1994-96, resulting in an underpayment of $191,691 in state income taxes, said Patrick Hill, spokesman for the state Franchise Tax Board. ``It all started with a routine audit by the board of equalization In communications, techniques used to reduce distortion and compensate for signal loss (attenuation) over long distances. ,'' Hill said. ``They discovered some discrepancies with the Goldmans' businesses.'' The couple operated between 15 and 20 seasonal Halloween costume and accessory stores in shopping malls across Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , including those in Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , Ventura, West Hills, Northridge, Woodland Hills, Glendale and North Hollywood. The couple was arrested at their Weeping Willow weeping willow symbolizes grief at loss. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178] See : Grief Drive home in Agoura Hills. They were being booked into Los Angeles County Jail and are each being held on $750,000 bail. |
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