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Date: 06-12-2019
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United States of America v. Edward Hansen
Case Number: 2:19-cr-00192-DRH-AYS
Judge: Denis R. Hurley
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Suffolk County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Jeffrey B. Bender and Abigail Burger Chingos
Defendant's Attorney: Richard S. Kestenbaum
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Central Islip, NY - Long Island Construction Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Not Paying Employment Taxes to IRS
Failed to Pay Nearly $1 Million in Payroll Tax Withholdings
A Long Island business person in the construction industry pleaded guilty to failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Edward Hansen of Northport, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of willfully failing to collect, truthfully account for, and pay over payroll taxes to the IRS. According to documents filed with the court, Hansen owned and operated steel erection businesses in Suffolk County. From 2008 to 2011, the IRS assessed more than $480,000 in penalties against Hansen for his failure to pay over employment taxes on behalf of several of these businesses. After the last IRS assessment in May 2011, Hansen changed the name of his business to BR-Teck Enterprises Inc., and nominally transferred ownership to another individual. Hansen, however, continued to operate the business and continued to fail to pay over employment taxes. From January 2012 through June 2017, Hansen failed to pay over more than $950,000 in payroll taxes withheld from the wages of BR-Teck’s employees.
Hansen faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for failing to pay over payroll taxes. He also faces a period of supervised release, restitution and monetary penalties.
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman thanked special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Tax Division Trial Attorneys, Abigail Burger Chingos and Jeffrey Bender, who are prosecuting the case.
Additional information about the Tax Division and its enforcement efforts may be found on the division’s website.
Outcome: Guilty
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