佛罗里达州注册会计师Ronald St. Clair逃税逾220万美元被判18个月：藏资产于他人名下账户，另判赔234万美元
美国佛罗里达州希尔斯伯勒县 Tampa：美国司法部10月26日宣布，佛罗里达州注册会计师（CPA）Ronald St. Clair 因逃避缴纳逾220万美元所得税被判处18个月监禁，并被判令支付2,343,615.01美元赔偿。St. Clair 此前已就一项逃税罪名认罪。
据法庭文件与庭上陈述，St. Clair 在2011年至2017年间累积大额欠税。2020年，国税局（IRS）通知他拟对其资产强制征收以抵欠税后，他卖掉名下一处房产，把所得转入以第三方名义开立的银行账户，再把这笔钱转作个人与生意用途，同时在向国税局申请分期付款计划时故意不披露这些资金与资产。
检方在量刑时提交证据称，St. Clair 多年来一直隐匿收入与资产：把钱藏进以他人名义开立的银行账户、把房产权益登记在并非由他持有的企业名下，并层层套叠商业实体，以掩盖他对这笔本可用于缴税的资金的实际控制。
司法部国家反欺诈执法司助理司法部长 Colin M. McDonald 与佛罗里达中区联邦检察官 Gregory W. Kehoe 公布此案。此案由国税局刑事调查局（IRS-CI）调查，司法部反欺诈司税务处助理副处长 Marissa R. Brodney、刑事司审判律师 Aaron I. Henricks 与佛罗里达中区助理联邦检察官 Jesus M. Casas 负责起诉。
Florida CPA Ronald St. Clair Sentenced to 18 Months for Evading Over $2.2 Million in Taxes, Ordered to Pay $2.34 Million
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida — Florida Certified Public Accountant Ronald St. Clair was sentenced on October 26 to 18 months in prison for evading the payment of more than $2.2 million in income taxes, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. He was also ordered to pay $2,343,615.01 in restitution, after pleading guilty to one count of tax evasion.
According to court documents and statements made in court, St. Clair attempted to hide his assets from the IRS after accumulating tax debts for 2011 through 2017. In 2020, after the IRS notified him that it intended to levy his assets to collect his unpaid taxes, St. Clair sold real property he owned and transferred the proceeds into a bank account in a third party's name. After transferring these funds out of his own name, St. Clair directed the money for his personal and business use and intentionally failed to disclose these funds and assets while he was seeking a payment plan with the IRS.
At sentencing, the government presented evidence that St. Clair spent years concealing income and assets by hiding his money in bank accounts held in the names of others and hiding his interests in real estate by placing properties in the names of businesses not held in his name. St. Clair layered business entities to conceal his control of funds that he chose not to direct toward taxes he owed.
Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe for the Middle District of Florida made the announcement. IRS Criminal Investigation investigated the case. Assistant Deputy Chief Marissa R. Brodney of the Fraud Division's Tax Section, Trial Attorney Aaron I. Henricks of the Criminal Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jesus M. Casas of the Middle District of Florida prosecuted the case.
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