HONOLULU -- A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Lorraine Yamauchi, 70, and Jiitsu Yamauchi, 64, residents of Honolulu, Hawaii, with five counts of filing false tax returns in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1).
Elliot Enoki, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, said that according to the indictment, the Yamauchis are charged with filing false tax returns for tax years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. The indictment alleges that the Yamauchis reported amounts of income that was far less than the amounts they knew they had actually received.
The Yamauchis’ initial appearance and arraignment will be held on April 18, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., before the Honorable Richard L. Puglisi, United States Magistrate Judge. If convicted of the charges in the indictment, the Yamauchis face a maximum of three years in prison as to each of the five counts. The charges in the indictment are merely accusations, and the Yamauchis are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The charges resulted from an investigation conducted by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Nammar.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
