James L. Santelle, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin,announced that Connie L. Sax (age: 46) of Kenosha, Wisconsin, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Milwaukee. The indictment charges Ms. Sax with 15 counts of failing to account for and pay over federal employment taxes withheld from her employees at Connie’s Day Care in Kenosha. Each count is alleged to be in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7202.

The indictment alleges that Ms. Sax failed to pay federal employment taxes from the third quarter of 2005 to the first quarter of 2009. The indictment also alleges that the total amount Ms. Sax failed to pay on behalf of her employees was $168,091.98. Each of the 15 counts subjects Ms. Sax to a maximum possible fine of not more than $250,000, imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, plus a mandatory $100 special assessment and up to three years of supervised release.

This case has been investigated by the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mel S. Johnson.

An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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