Calif. Man Gets Record Penalty in Tax Evasion Case
Saturday, December 8th, 2007The owner of Oxnard, Calif.-based Haas Automation was sentenced to two years in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme in which tens of millions of dollars in bogus expenses were put on the company’s books in an attempt to avoid the payment of more than $34 million in federal income taxes.
Gene Francis Haas, 54, of Camarillo, Calif., was ordered to begin serving on Jan. 14, 2008. Haas has already paid




