U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Northern District of California
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November 17, 2004 WALNUT CREEK MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION OF $67,000 The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Jeffrey Scott Evans, 53, of Walnut Creek, California, pleaded guilty yesterday to six counts of evasion of individual income taxes, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201. According to the plea agreement Mr. Evans, a software engineer, filed an income tax return for the 1995 tax year which falsely reported that no tax was due when in fact substantial taxes were due.  Mr. Evans also admitted that for tax years 1996 through 2000 he attempted to evade taxes by 1) failing to file income tax returns, 2) failing to pay income taxes due, and 3) concealing his true income for each year.  Mr. Evans admitted that he evaded taxes of $14,937 in 1996; $12,653 for 1997; $14,257 for 1998; $14,114 for 1999; and $11,973 for 2000. Mr. Evans admitted that he used fraudulent trusts to conceal his income and hide his assets from the IRS.  Mr. Evans admitted that he arranged to have bank accounts opened without providing the banks with his social security number so the banks would not report his income to the IRS.  To further conceal his income from the IRS he opened a foreign bank account in the Channel Islands.     The sentencing of Mr. Evans is scheduled for February 22, 2005, before United States District Judge Vaughn R. Walker in San Francisco.  The maximum statutory penalty for violation of Title 26 U.S.C. Section 7201 is six years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000.  However, the actual sentence will be dictated by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of factors, and will be imposed in the discretion of the Court.  In addition to the term of imprisonment to be determined by the Court, Mr. Evans will be fined $10,000 and will pay restitution of $67,934, plus accruing statutory interest, to the United States of America The investigation was lead by the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation.  Thomas Moore is the Assistant U.S. Attorney who is prosecuting the case. A copy of this press release and related court filings may be found on the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s website at www.usdoj.gov/usao/can.  Related court documents and information may be found on the District Court website at www.cand.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.cand.uscourts/gov. All press inquiries to the U.S. Attorney’s Office should be directed to Luke Macaulay at (415) 436-6757 or by email at Luke.Macaulay@usdoj.gov.