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Greensboro Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Employment Tax Fraud
A Greensboro business owner has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for failing to pay employment taxes.
Elizabeth Wood, 40, operated a temporary staffing business in Greensboro under the names A & R Staffing Solutions, Inc., Wood Executive Services Inc., and Adams Staffing Enterprises Inc. with her mother Rebecca Adams, 57. Wood withheld federal and state taxes from employees’ paychecks but did not pay those taxes over to the IRS or the State of North Carolina.
In 2015, Wood pleaded guilty to embezzling employee state tax withholdings and was sentenced to prison. After her release, Wood resumed her role at the staffing business where she continued to withhold federal taxes from employees’ paychecks, but again did not pay those taxes over to the IRS. She also did not file with the IRS the required quarterly payroll tax return.
Wood and her mother, Adams, pleaded guilty to failing to pay over employment taxes on Feb. 5, 2020. Adams is scheduled to be sentenced on July 9, 2020.
Wood was sentenced to 18 months in prison by U.S. Senior District Judge N. Carlton Tilley Jr. In addition to her term of imprisonment, Wood will serve three years of supervised release and pay approximately $2,338,766 in restitution to the United States.
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin thanked special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Trial Attorney Kevin Schneider of the Tax Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Chut, who are prosecuting the case.
Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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