Christopher Daniels, Tax Evasion, West Virginia 2022

A Parkersburg, West Virginia resident has been sentenced to prison for tax evasion. Christopher Daniels, 54, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison on December 15, 2022, after pleading guilty to filing a false federal income tax return. Daniels was also ordered to pay $75,000 in fines and $280,088 in restitution.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia collected $2,344,556.85 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2023. Of this amount, $2,231,245.48 was collected in criminal actions and $113,311.37 was collected in civil actions.

This money is owed from criminal and civil penalties as well as court-ordered restitution and ultimately benefits crime victims and taxpayers, said U.S. Attorney Will Thompson.

The $2,231,245.48 collected in criminal actions includes a $75,000 fine and $280,088 in restitution paid by Daniels, who was sentenced to one year and one day in prison on December 15, 2022, after pleading guilty to filing a false federal income tax return. The criminal collections total also includes $382,449.47 in restitution paid by Dhanraj Singh, 63, of Bowie, Maryland, who was also sentenced to two years and three months in prison on December 31, 2022, after pleading guilty to interstate transportation of stolen property.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, working with partner agencies and divisions, collected $1,073,483 in asset forfeiture actions in FY 2023. Forfeited assets deposited into the Crime Victims Fund are used to restore funds to crime victims and for a variety of law enforcement purposes.

Finally, the $2,344,556.85 in collected funds will benefit crime victims and taxpayers. Restitution is paid to the victim, while criminal fines and felony assessments are paid to the Crime Victims Fund.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/us-attorneys-office-collects-234455685-civil-and-criminal-actions-fiscal-year-2023