Alejandro Gomez, a one-time owner of the Florida produce business Fleischmann’s Produce, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax evasion, at a proceeding in federal district court in Miami.
According to court documents, Gomez operated Fleischmann’s, a company that imported fresh herbs for wholesale distribution. In March 2015, Gomez filed a 2014 corporate tax return for Fleischmann’s, which falsely reported $896,951 in personal gambling expenditures as cost of goods sold, thereby overstating total business expenditures.
The next year, Gomez caused a 2015 corporate tax return to be filed, which again falsely characterized $1,051,213 in gambling expenditures as cost of goods sold. Because the information on the corporate returns flowed through to his individual tax returns, Gomez also substantially underreported his personal income for 2014 and 2015.
In total, Gomez caused a tax loss to the IRS of over $545,000. In addition to the term of imprisonment, U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman ordered Gomez to serve one year of supervised release.
As a further part of the plea agreement, Gomez paid $545,205 in restitution to the IRS. This is a significant blow to Gomez, who had previously profited from his produce business.
Alejandro Gomez, of Broward County, was the defendant in the case. The exact criminal charges were tax evasion. The city and state involved in the case were Miami, Florida. The exact date of the sentencing was not specified, but it occurred in 2023.
The sentence or outcome in this case was 18 months in prison. Other financial penalties included a supervised release of one year and a restitution of $545,205 to the IRS. The total tax loss caused by Alejandro Gomez was over $545,000.
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Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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