ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Rocky A. Tingler, of Elkins, West Virginia, has admitted to tax fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Tingler, age 54, owner of McWilliams Building & Construction in Elkins, pled guilty to one count of “False Statement on Personal Tax Return" and one count of “Failure to Pay Over Employment Taxes." Tingler admitted to understating the gross receipts or sales on his 2015 individual tax return by more than $988,000. He also admitted to collecting $790 in federal income tax from his employees at the construction business when the amount should have been $25,706 during the third quarter of 2014.
Tingler faces up to three years incarceration and a fine of up to $250,000 for the false statement charge and faces up to five years incarceration and fine of up to $250,000 for the failure to pay charge. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed will be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew R. Cogar is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation investigated.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael John Aloi presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
