Tag: employment tax fraud
Michael D. Funovits, Employment Tax Evasion, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Michael D. Funovits, a 51-year-old businessman from Butler, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to three years of probation for willfully failing to pay employment taxes for his two businesses, PennRo Associates LLC and Penn Exteriors LLC, between 2016 and 2023. Funovits collected payroll taxes on behalf of his businesses but failed to…
Nikola Francis, Tax Evasion, Rhode Island 2026
⏱ 2 min read Nikola Francis, 29, of Bristol, RI, is accused of failing to truthfully account for and pay over payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) while serving as the bookkeeper and administrator for ELJ Inc., a family-owned landscaping business in Bristol, RI, from 2020 through 2025. Francis was responsible for managing…
