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Date: 09-14-2018

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United States of America v. Robert Steven Powell

Western District of Texas Federal Courthouse - San Antonio, Texas

Case Number: 5:17-cr-00243-FB-1

Judge: Fred Biery

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (Bexar County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Gregory P. Bailey and William R. Harris

Defendant's Attorney: Brandon Sample, Heather Perkins Ogmundson, Kevin L. Collins, Kevin L. Collins, Kevin L. Collins

Description: San Antonio, TX - Texas Man Convicted of Tax Evasion

A federal jury in the Western District of Texas convicted a San Antonio man on three counts of tax evasion.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, between October 2000 and December 2013, Robert Steven Powell evaded the payment of more than $900,000 in income taxes for the years 1999 through 2009. Powell evaded payment of his taxes by submitting false Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Forms W-4 to his employer, which falsely claimed that he was exempt from federal tax withholding. Powell also placed a house and recreational vehicle in nominee names and attempted to conceal his physical address from the IRS by obtaining identification documents from multiple states using false personal residence addresses.

Powell evaded the assessment of his 2010 and 2011 tax liabilities by maintaining, rather than correcting, false documents submitted to his long-term disability payer, on which he falsely claimed to be exempt from federal income tax withholding. Moreover, Powell did not file a tax return for those years, despite an obligation to do so. In total, the government’s evidence established a tax loss of more than $900,000.

Sentencing has not yet been scheduled. Powell faces a statutory maximum of five years in prison on each count, as well as a period of supervised release and monetary penalties.

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney John Bash commended special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Assistant United States Attorney Bill Harris and Trial Attorney Gregory Bailey of the Tax Division, who prosecuted the case.

Additional information about the Tax Division and and its enforcement efforts may be found on the division’s website.


Charge:


26:7201.F - ATTEMPT TO EVADE OR DEFEAT TAX - Tax Evasion
(1-3)

Outcome: Guilty

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