Jami Kopacz, Tax Fraud, Florida 2022

A South Florida male escort who lied to the IRS about his income has been sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $278,325 in restitution.

Miami, Florida – Jami Kopacz, a 46-year-old male escort, accepted payment for his work through cash, check, wire transfer, and electronic money transfer to JK Trading LLC, a Florida “Subchapter S” corporation that he established in 2015.

Kopacz, the sole owner of JK Trading, elected to report the company’s income and losses on his personal tax returns.

From 2015 to 2018, Kopacz filed false corporate tax returns with the IRS that substantially underreported JK Trading’s gross receipts and total income.

This understatement on JK Training’s corporate tax returns passed through to Kopacz’s individual tax returns, which were also false because they underreported his total income.

Kopacz caused a total tax loss to the Internal Revenue Service of $278,325.

In addition to imposing a term of imprisonment, Judge Roy K. Altman ordered Kopacz to pay $278,325 in restitution to the IRS.

Ariana Fajardo Orshan, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman commended the investigative efforts of Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, Miami Field Division.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Browne and Trial Attorney Grace Albinson.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, Kopacz has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for lying to the IRS about his income.

Jami Kopacz, 46, was sentenced on an unknown date in 2022 for tax fraud, a crime that caused a total tax loss of $278,325 to the IRS.

Kopacz was ordered to pay $278,325 in restitution to the IRS in addition to serving 21 months in prison.

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