Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Albert Jason Miller (46, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax-related document. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on the fraud count and up to 3 years’ imprisonment on the false filing count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
According to the plea agreement, Miller was an employee of CEVA Logistics, a Netherlands-based contract logistics and freight/transportation management company that has offices in Jacksonville. From 2008 through March 2013, he worked in the company’s procurement department. In May 2010, Miller created a fictitious business named “CEVA" and told vendors to make checks payable to CEVA because CEVA Logistics was undergoing a legal name change. He then began diverting those checks and depositing them into a bank account he had opened in the name of CEVA, where he was the sole authorized signor. Miller diverted a total of $162,281.96 and failed to disclose the stolen proceeds as income on his 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 tax returns. Miller used the stolen proceeds to pay for personal expenses.
This case was investigated by Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as part of the IRS-Criminal Investigation’s Northeast Florida Financial Task Force. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Beatriz Gonzalez.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
