Crime Log: Nursing Homes Pay Well…

…when you withhold taxes from employees and keep them.

Crime does pay, as long until you get caught. Take nursing home owner Jack Easterday, formerly of Alameda, CA, and soon to be residing in a federal penitentiary. Mr. Easterday was convicted on Friday of failing to pay over $3 million in payroll taxes. Evidence indicated that the scheme netted over $18 million.

It took the jury two days to find Easterday guilty of 47 counts; the maximum penalty on each count is five years and a $10,000 fine.

News Story: North County Gazette

This entry was posted on Saturday, February 11th, 2006 at 9:37 pm and is filed under Tax Fraud. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

4 Responses to “Crime Log: Nursing Homes Pay Well…”

  1. Roth & Company, P.C. says:
    February 13, 2006 at 9:13 am

    BORDER WAR OVER THE OLD FOLKS?

    Midwest taxpayers must be like fine wines: they get better as they age. Certain legislators in Illinois and Iowa think…

  2. Roth & Company, P.C. says:
    February 13, 2006 at 9:13 am

    BORDER WAR OVER THE OLD FOLKS?

    Midwest taxpayers must be like fine wines: they get better as they age. Certain legislators in Illinois and Iowa think…

  3. Roth & Company, P.C. says:
    February 13, 2006 at 9:13 am

    BORDER WAR OVER THE OLD FOLKS?

    Midwest taxpayers must be like fine wines: they get better as they age. Certain legislators in Illinois and Iowa think…

  4. Roth & Company, P.C. says:
    February 13, 2006 at 9:13 am

    BORDER WAR OVER THE OLD FOLKS?

    Midwest taxpayers must be like fine wines: they get better as they age. Certain legislators in Illinois and Iowa think…