ROANOKE, Va. – In a shocking case of tax evasion, 66-year-old Julia Ann McKinnis of Danville, Virginia has been sentenced to three years’ probation with 12 months of home confinement for failing to pay over $600,000 in employment taxes.
McKinnis, the former majority owner and operator of a home health care business called Angel Wings Home Health, waived her right to be indicted and pled guilty in October 2024 to one count of willfully failing to pay taxes.
According to court documents, McKinnis began operating Angel Wings Home Health in 2007, and since at least 2010, she has been the administrator and 90 percent owner of the company.
However, in 2011, the Collections Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched an investigation into Angel Wings’s failure to properly report and pay employment taxes. The investigation concluded in 2016, and Angel Wings entered into an installment agreement to pay the unpaid taxes.
But McKinnis’s troubles only began to mount when, starting in the third quarter of 2018 and continuing through the fourth quarter of 2021, Angel Wings substantially understated its employee wages to the IRS and again failed to report and pay the employment taxes that the company owed.
The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Scheff.
McKinnis was also ordered to perform 300 hours of community service as part of her sentence.
C. Todd Gilbert, United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, and Kareem Carter, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, Washington, D.C. Field Office, made the announcement.
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Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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