Thomas Campbell Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Return, Omaha NE, 2023

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Thomas Campbell Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Return, Omaha NE, 2023

An Omaha attorney has been sentenced to prison for filing a false individual income tax return. Thomas Campbell, 41, of Bennington, Nebraska, was handed down a 12-months and one day imprisonment sentence by United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher on November 30, 2023.

After Campbell’s release from prison, he will begin a 1-year term of supervised release. Furthermore, Campbell was ordered to pay $407,665 in restitution to the United States.

According to court documents and statements made in court, between 2014 and 2018, Campbell, a licensed attorney since 2011, was the owner and manager of TLN Law, a solo-practice law firm in Omaha. Campbell controlled the law firm’s finances and was aware of substantial amounts of cash payments his firm received for legal services.

For 2014 through 2018, Campbell did not report over $2.8 million in cash his firm received, which flowed through to, and should have been reported on, his personal tax returns. In total, Campbell caused a tax loss to the IRS exceeding $400,000.

IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Special Agent in Charge Thomas F. Murdock stated, ‘IRS Criminal Investigation takes violations of our tax laws very seriously. It’s essential for all taxpayers to have confidence that the tax system is fair, and all are paying their share.’

Acting U.S. Attorney Susan Lehr praised the work IRS Criminal Investigation did on this case and the sentence imposed, stating, ‘This case ends years of investigation and goes to show that no one, regardless of their position or status, is above the law. Millions of Americans every year pay their taxes in accordance with the law. Mr. Campbell was not immune from that obligation.’

Trial Attorney Mahana Weidler of the Tax Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Ferretti for the District of Nebraska prosecuted the case. This case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation.