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Terry Brunning, a Palmetto man, was arrested and charged with evasion of the payment of taxes and four counts of filing false income tax returns in Tampa, Florida, according to Acting United States Attorney Sara C. Sweeney.
The indictment alleges that Brunning evaded the payment of taxes due and owed by him for income he earned and failed to report and pay taxes on between 1998 and 2001. He also failed to make any substantial payment to the IRS for his earlier tax debt and failed to file income tax returns between 2007 and 2018.
Between 2005 and December 2019, Brunning continued to earn income from a new business, which he used to pay for personal expenses and personal assets he tried to conceal from the IRS. He was aware of the tax assessment by the IRS against him for more than $2 million in taxes, penalties, and interest during this period.
After IRS-CI agents sought to interview Brunning in October 2018 in connection with their investigation, he resumed the filing of income tax returns for a number of years, including tax years 2015 through 2018. However, the income tax returns he filed for those years contained false reports related to the amounts of income he had earned in each of those years, resulting in the underreporting of more than $490,000 in income for those four years.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
This case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, Tampa Field Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jay L. Hoffer.
Bruning faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for the evasion count, and up to three years’ imprisonment for each count of filing of a false tax return.
Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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