A North Carolina businessman has been convicted of failing to pay over $15 million in federal payroll taxes, according to a federal court in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Bruce Gregory Harrison III, a resident of Greensboro, N.C., did business under various corporate names including U.S.A. Staffing and Compensation Management Inc. He owned or controlled temporary staffing companies operating in at least nine states.
Harrison’s staffing companies were headquartered in Guilford County, N.C., and contracted with client businesses to provide temporary workers. He promised to assume full responsibility for the payment of wages and the withholding and transmitting of taxes to the IRS for those employees.
However, Harrison failed to account for and pay over in excess of $15 million in federal payroll taxes for the employees of those companies. He also caused false bank statements to be presented to auditors to conceal the nonpayment of the payroll taxes.
Harrison was also convicted of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the IRS by means of false statements to IRS revenue officers and failing to timely file his own income tax returns for 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Following the jury verdict, Chief Judge James A. Beaty Jr. ordered Harrison detained. Sentencing is scheduled for April 6, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. in Winston-Salem.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Frank Chut and Terri-Lei O’Malley and Tax Division Trial Attorney Jeffrey McLellan, with the assistance of IRS Agents.
Defendant:
Bruce Gregory Harrison III
Criminal Charges:
Large-scale payroll tax fraud and failure to file individual income tax returns
City and State:
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Date:
April 6, 2012
Sentence or Outcome:
Detained, sentencing scheduled
Dollar Amounts:
$15 million in federal payroll taxes
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Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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