A Nevada man pleaded guilty today to evading taxes he owed the IRS.
According to court documents and statements made in court, from approximately 2009 to 2019, Scott Lawrence owned and operated Turn Two Inc., a real estate company in Nevada. In March 2010, the IRS seized Lawrence’s personal bank account to settle an existing tax debt he owed to the IRS. After learning of the IRS tax, Lawrence began taking steps to thwart the IRS’s collection efforts. He began depositing a small portion of the woman’s salary into a charged bank account, and withdrawing the remaining portion in cash. Beginning in 2011, Lawrence began depositing his wife’s entire salary and other earnings into a corporate bank account held by Turn Two, and used that account to pay most of his family’s personal living expenses. Lawrence also ordered his attorney to pay the taxes owed to the IRS to an intentionally overdrawn bank account and to send a misleading letter to the agency. In all, as a result of his tax evasion, Lawrence owes more than $1.9 million in refunds to the IRS for his unpaid tax debt from 2005 to 2019.
Lawrence is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 26, 2023, and faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for tax evasion. He also faces a period of supervised release, restitution and fines. A federal district court judge will determine each sentence after considering the US Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Jason M. Frierson for the District of Nevada made the announcement.
IRS-Criminal Investigation is investigating the case.
Trial lawyers Patrick Burns and Boris Bourget of the tax department are handling the case.
