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California Internet Sales Company President Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement and False Tax Returns

Posted by Fay Arfa | Sep 13, 2017 | 0 Comments

A Manhattan Beach, California resident was sentenced to nine months in prison for wire fraud and filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Alana W. Robinson for the Southern District of California.

According to the evidence presented at trial, James Miller, a California attorney, was the president and managing partner of MWRC Internet Sales LLC, an online sales company. As part of his duties, Miller had check signing authority for the company's business bank account. From January 2009 through October 2012, Miller wrote unauthorized checks to himself from MWRC's account, embezzling more than $300,000. Miller used this money to pay for personal expenses and did not report it on his individual tax returns for 2009 through 2012, causing a tax loss of approximately $58,000.

In addition to the term of prison imposed, U.S. District Judge George Wu ordered Miller to serve two years of supervised release and to pay $64,329 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Goldberg and Acting U.S. Attorney Robinson commended special agents of FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Kanter and Trial Attorney Benjamin Weir of the Tax Division, who prosecuted the case.

Additional information about the Tax Division's enforcement efforts can be found on the division's website.

Topic(s): Tax

Component(s): Tax DivisionUSAO – California, Southern

Press Release Number: 17-989 Updated September 11, 2017

Southern District of California DOJ / 17-989 / September 11, 2017

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