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Local Business Owner Charged with Tax Fraud
Lisabeth Melahn, 53, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been indicted on charges of filing false income tax returns and structuring cash deposits to evade reporting requirements.
Melahn, owner of Tan Your Hide, subscribed personal income tax returns for the 2008 through 2010 tax years, knowing that the income from her S-corporation, Tan Your Hide II, listed on those tax returns was substantially understated.
The indictment charges that on eight separate occasions between March 31, 2010, and July 8, 2010, Melahn caused cash deposits totaling over $10,000 to be made to her personal account at American National Bank, which were split in order to circumvent the requirement that currency transactions of over $10,000 be reported.
The total of the structured deposits alleged in the indictment totaled over $100,000.
Melahn faces three counts of subscribing to a false income tax return, each of which carries a penalty of not more than 3 years in federal prison, and a fine of up to $250,000.
She is also charged with eight counts of structuring deposits to evade the CTR reporting requirements, which carry a penalty of not more than 10 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $500,000 per count.
Melahn is scheduled to appear before a U.S. Magistrate Judge on April 10, 2015, to respond to the charges.
Key Facts
- State: Colorado
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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