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Jersey Shore Business Owner Admits To Keeping Nearly $1M In Employees Taxes From IRS: Feds Jersey Shore Business Owner Admits To Keeping Nearly $1M In Employees Taxes From IRS: Feds
Jersey Shore Business Owner Admits To Keeping Nearly $1M In Employees Taxes From IRS: Feds A Brick Township construction company owner admitted to withholding his employees' taxes and not paying the money to the IRS, authorities said. Gerard Artz, 44, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Sept. 26 to failure to collect and pay over taxes, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. He was the owner of Prime Installations, which operated in Brick and New York City. According to court documents and statements, Artz directed his company to withhold employment taxes from the company’s employees’ paychecks between 2016 and 2020. Prime Installations failed …

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
NJ Construction Business Owner Who Owes $1.3M+ In Taxes Admits To Evasion Scheme: Feds NJ Construction Business Owner Who Owes $1.3M+ In Taxes Admits To Evasion Scheme: Feds
NJ Construction Business Owner Who Owes $1.3M+ In Taxes Admits To Evasion Scheme: Feds A New Jersey construction company owner admitted to using his personal bank account to evade more than $1.3 million in taxes, authorities said. Alain Rodrigues, 49, of Old Bridge, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Aug. 1 to tax evasion and failure to collect and pay over taxes, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Rodrigues owned and operated a construction company in Old Bridge and Newark. According to court documents and statements, Rodrigues deposited some customers' payments into a business bank account and converted the ba…

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by Chris Spiker
Business
South Philly Cheesesteak Proprietors Get Prison Time For Tax Scheme, Feds Say South Philly Cheesesteak Proprietors Get Prison Time For Tax Scheme, Feds Say
South Philly Cheesesteak Proprietors Get Prison Time For Tax Scheme, Feds Say A father-son pair of cheesesteak shop owners were sentenced to prison last week for hiding $8 million in revenue from tax collectors, say federal prosecutors.  Nicholas Lucidonio, 57, and Anthony Lucidonio Sr., 84, the proprietors of Tony Luke's in South Philadelphia, will each spend 20 months behind bars, said the Justice Department in a release.  The Lucidonios, of New Jersey, carried out a "decade-long conspiracy to defraud the IRS" from 2006 to 2016, prosecutors said. The pair only deposited a portion of their earnings into the business's bank accounts and gave "inco…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Morris County Company Exec Charged With Stiffing IRS $1.5M In Taxes Takes Plea Morris County Company Exec Charged With Stiffing IRS $1.5M In Taxes Takes Plea
Morris County Company Exec Charged With Stiffing IRS $1.5M In Taxes Takes Plea A Morris County window tinting company executive accused of short-changing the government by $1.15 million on employment taxes pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, federal authorities said. As vice president of Rockaway-based A Pain In The Glass Inc., Stephen Walloga was responsible for collecting, accounting for and paying over employee payroll taxes, said Michael Montanez the special agent in charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation’s Newark Field Office. Walloga didn’t pay those taxes for nearly a decade, Montanez said. He subsequently took a deal from the government rather than face trial, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Home Health Care Agency Owner Sentenced To Prison, Ordered To Repay $504K In Employment Taxes Home Health Care Agency Owner Sentenced To Prison, Ordered To Repay $504K In Employment Taxes
Home Health Care Agency Owner Sentenced To Prison, Ordered To Repay $504K In Employment Taxes A Manahawkin business owner was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for willfully failing to pay over employment taxes, according to authorities. Richard Dale pleaded guilty to the charge in January 2019, authorities said on Thursday.  Dale operated Advanced Pro Home Care Inc., a health care agency located in Brick, according to Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan ordered Dale to serve …

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by Jon Craig