Feds Get Second Guilty Plea in Tax Evasion Scheme
The former owner of a Valencia, Calif., company pleaded guilty to conspiring with the owner of the Oxnard-based Haas Automation Inc., who allegedly engineered a $20 million tax fraud scheme.Robert Gene Cable, 75, the former owner of Enmark Aerospace, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to impede, impair, obstruct and defeat the lawful functions of the IRS. Cable admitted that he conspired with Gene Haas and others employed at Haas Automation to engage in a false invoice and payment scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service.
According to Cable’s plea agreement, Haas personally negotiated the deal with Cable, agreeing to pay Cable a 2 percent kickback fee for swapping the checks. As part of the scheme, Cable received checks from Haas Automation in amounts just under $1 million, and, in exchange, Cable wrote checks, at 98 percent of the face value of the Haas Automation checks, to another company that Haas controlled.
Cable faces up to five years in prison. Previously in this case, Dennis Arthur Dupuis, 51, of Newbury Park, the former general manager of Hass Automation, pleaded guilty to conspiracy related to his involvement with Haas’ tax fraud scheme.
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