Morgan City man sentenced to 15 months in prison for omitting more than $250,000 of income on tax return

Morgan City man sentenced to 15 months in prison for omitting more than $250,000 of income on tax return

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Aug. 31, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a Morgan City man was sentenced to one year and three months in prison for failing to report more than $250,000 in income on his 2012 tax return.

Victory Nam Ho, 39, of Morgan City, Louisiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote on one count of filing a false tax return. The defendant was also sentenced to one year of supervised release and was ordered to pay $69,167 in restitution. According to the May 23, 2018 guilty plea, Ho engaged in stock transactions and made $251,196 in 2012, but when he filed his taxes, he reported $14,742 as his income. As a result, he paid no income tax that year, which resulted in a loss of $69,167 to the U.S. Treasury.

The IRS conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelly P. Uebinger prosecuted the case.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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