Marlene Seo, Tax Evasion, Colorado 2013

A federal grand jury in Denver has brought down an indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, charging Marlene Seo with failure to pay over payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and filing false corporate tax returns.

According to the indictment, Seo owned and operated National Martial Arts Academy. From 2011 through 2013, Seo allegedly directed deposits of income from her martial arts school into bank accounts that she did not disclose to her bookkeeper and accountants, which resulted in her underreporting the business’s gross receipts on corporate tax returns for tax years 2011, 2012, and 2013.

The indictment further alleges that from 2012 through June 2014, Seo failed to pay the IRS payroll taxes that she withheld from employees’ paychecks, despite her obligation to do so.

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman commended special agents of IRS Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Tax Division Trial Attorneys Anahi Cortada and Lisa L. Bellamy, who are prosecuting the case.

As the head of a martial arts school, Seo allegedly took advantage of her position to commit these egregious tax crimes. The public can expect the full weight of the law to be brought down on her.

The indictment was unsealed yesterday, and it remains to be seen how Seo will plead. The Grimy Times will continue to follow this story and provide updates as more information becomes available.

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