Anchorage油田服务公司前总经理获刑58个月：侵吞公司数百万美元并逃税 须赔近300万美元
美国司法部阿拉斯加区联邦检察官办公室宣布，Anchorage 油田服务公司 GBR Equipment/Oilfield Services 前总经理 James Wohlers 于10月20日在联邦法院被判处58个月监禁，并须支付近300万美元赔偿，另处罚金20万美元。Wohlers 现年58岁，来自 Alabama 州 Deatsville。司法部表示，此案属司法部国家欺诈执法部门办理的案件之一。
根据法庭文件，Wohlers 于2008年入职总部位于 Anchorage 的 GBR，先任人力资源经理，2009年起任总经理，负责供应商对接、员工招聘、工资与会计事务，其职责包括经办从公司银行账户向外部账户的电汇。2019年，公司员工发现公司收入充足却无力支付供应商与员工款项，随后完成的审计显示，至少在2013年至2019年间，Wohlers 多次从 GBR 账户汇出与公司无关的款项，并将公司信用卡用于个人消费。
GBR 为 Alaska 北坡等地提供油田服务。检方指，Wohlers 利用其掌管公司财务的职务之便侵吞公司数百万美元，同时实施逃税。案件由国税局 IRS 刑事调查部门与联邦调查局 FBI 等机构调查。
Former General Manager of Anchorage Business Sentenced to 58 Months for Wire Fraud and Tax Evasion
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska announced that James Wohlers, the former general manager of Anchorage-based GBR Equipment/Oilfield Services, was sentenced on October 20 to 58 months in federal prison for defrauding the business of millions of dollars while also committing tax evasion. The court ordered Wohlers to pay nearly $3 million in restitution and a $200,000 fine. Wohlers, 58, is from Deatsville, Alabama. The Justice Department said the case is part of its National Fraud Enforcement Division work.
According to court documents, Wohlers was hired by GBR in 2008 as its human resources manager and became general manager in 2009, overseeing vendor interface, employee hiring, payroll and accounting, including coordinating wire transfers from GBR's bank account to outside accounts. In 2019, an audit was completed after employees determined the company was earning sufficient revenue but was unable to pay vendors and employees. The audit revealed that from at least 2013 to 2019, Wohlers executed wire transfers from the GBR account that did not benefit the company and used GBR's corporate credit cards for personal expenses.
GBR provides oilfield services on the North Slope and elsewhere in Alaska. Prosecutors said Wohlers embezzled millions from the company through his control of its finances while also evading taxes. The case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation and the FBI.
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