纽约建筑公司老板Arthur Nelson等4人被起诉：涉约500万美元工资税欺诈与约1300万美元收入瞒报
美国司法部10月26日宣布，纽约东区联邦大陪审团起诉书当天解封，建筑公司老板Arthur Nelson与Joseph Free、Paul Vasquez、Ulysses Jude Devocion共4人被指控涉嫌长达数年的税务与金融欺诈，包括约500万美元工资未代扣联邦就业税、瞒报约1300万美元营业收入等罪名，案件由联邦税务局刑事调查局侦办。
起诉书指控，Nelson拥有并经营MTB AMG、PAL AMG、MTB Metal Fabricators和Wired NYC等多家玻璃安装与电气公司，总部原在纽约布鲁克林，2022年3月后迁至新泽西州。2017年4月至2024年5月间，被告每周以工资形式向员工付款，却不代扣代缴联邦就业税，未代扣的工资总额至少约500万美元，并通过虚假申报将公司营业总收入瞒报约1300万美元。2019年7月至2025年3月，Nelson等人还被指向银行提交虚假财务文件以获取贷款、抵押贷款和授信额度；Devocion另被指控就大陪审团证词作伪证、妨碍调查。
四名被告分别居住在纽约州史泰登岛、佛罗里达州阳光岛海滩、新泽西州英格利什敦和纽约皇后区，被控罪名包括共谋欺诈联邦税务局、逃税、故意不代扣或缴纳就业税、不申报税表、提交虚假公司税表、违反海外银行账户申报规定以及电汇欺诈共谋等，单项最高刑期从1年至20年不等。此案是司法部10月26日宣布的「全国税务欺诈执法行动」系列案件之一。司法部强调，起诉书仅为指控，被告在被证明有罪之前推定无罪。
来源：GSM·美国
Construction Company Owner Arthur Nelson and Three Others Indicted in Wide-Ranging Tax and Financial Fraud Schemes
The Justice Department announced on October 26 that a federal indictment in the Eastern District of New York was unsealed charging construction company owner Arthur Nelson and three others — Joseph Free, Paul Vasquez and Ulysses Jude Devocion — in long-running tax and financial fraud schemes, including about $5 million in wages paid without withholding federal employment taxes and roughly $13 million in underreported business receipts; the case is being investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation.
The indictment alleges Nelson owned and operated glass installation and electrical companies including MTB AMG Inc., PAL AMG Inc., MTB Metal Fabricators Inc. and Wired NYC LLC, based in Brooklyn, New York, until March 2022 and in New Jersey afterward. From April 2017 to May 2024, the defendants allegedly paid employees weekly wages without withholding federal employment taxes — at least about $5 million in wages — and underreported the companies' gross receipts by about $13 million through false returns. From July 2019 to March 2025, Nelson and others allegedly submitted false financial documents to obtain loans, mortgages and credit lines, and Devocion is also charged with obstruction in connection with grand jury testimony.
The defendants, who live in Staten Island, New York; Sunny Isles Beach, Florida; Englishtown, New Jersey; and Queens County, New York, face charges including conspiracy to defraud the IRS, tax evasion, willful failure to withhold or pay over employment taxes, failure to file returns, aiding the filing of false corporate returns, FBAR violations and wire fraud conspiracy, with maximum penalties ranging from one year to 20 years per count. The case is part of the Justice Department's National Tax Fraud Enforcement Surge announced on October 26. The department noted that an indictment is merely an allegation and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Source: GSM News.
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