Dorian Wills, Tax Evasion, New York 2018

Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

Dorian Wills, a 52-year-old man from Buffalo, New York, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. He owes over 1 million dollars to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

According to documents and information provided to the court, Wills operated a debt collection business under various names, including Heritage Capital Services LLC; Performance Payment Processing LLC; Performance Payment Service LLC; Pinnacle Payment Service LLC; and Velocity Payment Solutions LLC. The business engaged in illegal debt collection practices, making threatening and harassing phone calls, and collecting on debt that did not exist or debt to which the debt collection companies did not have title.

Wills had two individuals assist him with his businesses, incorporating debt collection companies in Georgia and Ohio, opening dozens of bank accounts, and submitting applications for merchant accounts. None of the debt collection companies filed a tax return between 2010 and 2013, and Wills failed to file his 2011 and 2013 personal income tax returns. As a result, he owes $1,209,537.88 in federal income taxes for tax years 2011 through 2013.

The charge of tax evasion carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Wills faces a statutory maximum sentence of five years in prison and a period of supervised release, restitution, and monetary penalties.

U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford scheduled sentencing for August 23, 2018. The case was investigated by special agents of IRS Criminal Investigation and is being prosecuted by AUSA Marie P. Grisanti, and Tax Division Trial Attorneys Jason M. Scheff and Thomas F. Koelbl.

Wills' actions were previously the subject of a civil investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, with the defendant and the FTC stipulating to a final order for permanent injunction on August 8, 2014.

The Tax Division and its enforcement efforts can be found on the division’s website.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/buffalo-man-pleads-guilty-tax-evasion-owes-over-1-million-dollars-irs