Doctor Hid From IRS $900,000 in Offshore Accounts
A doctor in Northern California pleaded guilty to tax evasion and has agreed to pay the United States $900,000 in back taxes.Leroy Albert Lewis, of Danville, Calif., was charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and four counts of tax evasion. Under the plea agreement, Lewis pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy.
According to the indictment, for more than 10 years, Lewis, an oral surgeon, attempted to evade taxes on income he earned from his medical practice. Around 1995, he joined an organization in Denver called Tower Executive Resources. Tower assisted its members in evading federal income taxes, in part by providing a false invoicing scheme to offset income the members’ earned. Lewis’ medical practice paid funds to Tower in exchange for bogus Tower invoices to substantiate huge false business expenses Lewis deducted on the medical practice’s returns. Tower then deposited the bulk of those funds into an offshore bank account, which Lewis controlled.
Lewis faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Lewis’ son, Roy Lewis, a dentist and also a member of Tower, was also charged in the same indictment. He was sentenced to serve 24 months.
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