Vladimir Alex Avdeyuk, Tax Evasion, California 2023

Placer County Man Sentenced for Tax Evasion

Placer County man Vladimir Alex Avdeyuk was sentenced to one year and a day in prison and ordered to pay $467,057 in restitution for tax evasion and corrupt endeavor to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Laws.

The investigation revealed that 40-year-old Avdeyuk repeatedly and intentionally filed false tax returns, taking numerous steps to obstruct an IRS audit of his returns. Avdeyuk filed Form 1040 individual income tax returns for himself and his spouse that substantially underreported his business income for tax years 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016. If Avdeyuk had reported his business income correctly, he would have owed a total of at least $467,057 in additional tax for 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016.

Avdeyuk operated a sole proprietorship involved in construction work, particularly repairs and reconstruction after fires. He obstructed the Internal Revenue Service’s audit of his tax returns for tax years 2012 and 2013 by submitting multiple false documents to the IRS and lying to IRS agents on multiple occasions.

On Dec. 7, 2017, in a recorded interview, Avdeyuk admitted to misidentifying deposits, submitting a false promissory note, creating a false gift letter, and lying to IRS agents. Approximately three years later, Avdeyuk intentionally filed another false tax return, a Form 1040 individual income tax return for the tax year 2016, which he had backdated to April 18, 2016. On the Schedule C-EZ appended to that return, Avdeyuk reported that his business had gross receipts of $23,314, when he knew that was false because he had failed to report at least $554,577 in additional gross receipts.

The IRS Criminal Investigation led the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Heiko P. Coppola prosecuted the case.

Avdeyuk, a resident of Lincoln, California, will serve one year and a day in prison and pay $467,057 in restitution for his crimes. The exact date of sentencing was not specified in the press release.

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