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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Attorney & IRS Employee Convicted of Tax Evasion (NEED TAX HELP? CALL SELIG & ASSOCIATES)




A federal jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, yesterday convicted Craig P. Orrock, a former attorney and former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee, of tax evasion and obstructing the internal revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada, and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan of IRS-Criminal Investigation.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, starting in the early 1990s, Orrock, currently of Sandy, Utah, evaded the payment of his federal income taxes and obstructed IRS efforts to collect those taxes. Orrock filed federal individual income tax returns for the years 1993 through 2015, but failed to pay the income taxes reported as due. He attempted to prevent the IRS from collecting the reported income taxes through the use of nominee entities, bank accounts and trusts to hide his income and assets from IRS collection officers. Orrock attempted to evade the assessment of a large part of the income tax he owed for 2007, by concealing from the IRS both the ownership of real estate he held through a nominee known as Arville Properties LLC as well as the proceeds from the sale of the property. 
From 1993 through 2015, Orrock evaded the payment of over $500,000 in federal income taxes.
Orrock faces up to five years in prison on each of the first two counts and up to three years in prison on the third count, as well as a period of supervised release, restitution and monetary penalties. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 26.
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney Trutanich commended special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Burns and Tax Division Trial Attorney Erin S. Mellen, who are prosecuting the case.

Tax Evasion Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this title or the payment thereof shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100,000 ($500,000 in the case of a corporation) imprisoned not more than 5 years or both, together with the costs of prosecution. 26 U.S. Code Section 7201. For immediate assistance with this or any other tax matter call (212) 974-3435 or contact us Online.  

Suspended NYS Drivers License If your drivers license has been suspended for unpaid taxes, we can help. New York State can suspend your drivers license if you owe $10,000 or more in taxes, penalties and interest. See: New York Tax Law Section 171-v. 

Failure to File Tax Returns  If you haven’t filed a tax return for one or more years, we can help. FYI Under federal law failure to file a tax return is usually treated as a misdemeanor, IRC §7203. However in more egregious cases, willful failure to file a tax return may be elevated to a felony, IRC §7201. Additionally, under New York State Tax Law Section 1801(a)(1) willful failure to file a tax return may now be prosecuted as a felony.  For immediate assistance call us directly at (212) 974-3435. 

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