Jeffrey Tome, a 62-year-old Rochester businessman, has plead guilty to filing a false tax return, according to U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross.
The crime was committed in Rochester, New York.
Tome, who owns Tome Enterprises Inc., which provides gutter repair and installation services, failed to deposit approximately 1,679 customer checks totaling $1,719,283.45 into Tome Enterprises Inc.’s business bank account.
Instead, he cashed the checks at a local check cashing business and intentionally failed to advise the business’s tax return preparer of the money that was received from cashing the business checks.
This resulted in the $1,719,283.45 not being reported on the business’s corporate income tax returns, and Tome failing to pay personal income taxes totaling $330,137.
Additionally, Tome paid his employees $407,573.60 in cash, which represented wages for which payroll taxes should have been paid.
The payroll taxes that Tome failed to pay totaled $62,358.76.
The plea is the result of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Thomas Fattorusso.
Sentencing is scheduled for December 11, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
The maximum penalty for the crime is three years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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