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Tax Cheat Sentenced to Prison
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – John Brian Mount, 60, of Pittsford, NY, has been sentenced to five months in prison followed by five months of home confinement for filing a false tax return.
Mount, the executive director of Regional Area Recreation and Employee Services (RARES), a non-profit business located at 312 West Commercial Street in East Rochester, failed to report approximately $227,835.77 in additional income on his tax returns for the years 2010 through 2013.
The defendant’s failure to report this income resulted in him failing to pay $60,977 in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. ‘Today’s sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, under the direction of James D. Robnett, Special Agent in Charge, New York Field Office,’ said Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard A. Resnick, who handled the case.
Mount received salary and commissions from RARES that he failed to report on his tax returns. According to Resnick, ‘the defendant received salary and commissions from RARES that he failed to report on his 2010 through 2013 federal tax returns.’
‘The defendant received salary and commissions from RARES that he failed to report on his 2010 through 2013 federal tax returns. In total, Mount failed to report approximately $227,835.77 in additional income on his tax returns, which resulted in the defendant failing to pay $60,977 in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service,’ Resnick added.
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced the sentencing, stating that Mount’s actions were ‘a clear example of the importance of honest tax reporting.’
Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci handed down the sentence, which includes five months in prison followed by five months of home confinement.
Contact: Barbara Burns, (716) 843-5817, Fax: (716) 551-3051.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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