New Jersey Man Found Guilty of Tax Evasion

<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br &sol;>&NewLine; Tuesday&comma; June 6&comma; 2023<br &sol;>&NewLine; New Jersey Man Found Guilty of Tax Evasion<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Did Not Pay Taxes or File Returns Despite Earning Nearly &dollar;1&period;5 Million<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mh-content-ad"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js&quest;client&equals;ca-pub-9162800720558968"&NewLine; crossorigin&equals;"anonymous"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle"&NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;"&NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article"&NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid"&NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-9162800720558968"&NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1081854981"><&sol;ins>&NewLine;<script>&NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>A federal jury convicted a New Jersey man today of tax evasion and failing to file personal income tax returns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to court documents and evidence presented at trial&comma; Jonathan D&period; Michael of Springfield&comma; New Jersey&comma; worked as a mechanic in the crane shop at the Port Newark Container Terminal&period; For the years 2014 through 2018&comma; Michael provided his employer with an Employee’s Withholding Certificate &lpar;Form W-4&rpar; that falsely claimed he was exempt from any federal income tax withholding&period; During the same five-year period&comma; Michael did not file personal income tax returns even though he earned approximately &dollar;1&period;5 million in wages&comma; resulting in a tax loss to the IRS of over &dollar;375&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Michael is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct&period; 23&comma; 2023&comma; and faces a statutory maximum penalty of five years in prison for tax evasion and one year in prison for each count of willful failure to file a tax return&period; He also faces a period of supervised release&comma; restitution and monetary penalties&period; A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U&period;S&period; Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M&period; Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U&period;S&period; Attorney Philip R&period; Sellinger for the District of New Jersey made the announcement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>IRS-Criminal Investigation is investigating the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trial Attorney Michael C&period; Vasiliadis of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Assistant U&period;S&period; Attorney Matthew Feldman Nikic of the District of New Jersey are prosecuting the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Topic&lpar;s&rpar;&colon; TaxComponent&lpar;s&rpar;&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;tax&sol;" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" >Tax Division<&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-nj" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" >USAO &&num;8211&semi; New Jersey<&sol;a>Press Release Number&colon; 634 <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Updated June 6&comma; 2023<a href&equals;https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;opa&sol;pr&sol;new-jersey-man-found-guilty-tax-evasion>Original Article<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;