Jury finds St. Louis County business owner guilty on two counts of tax fraud

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Jury finds St. Louis County business owner guilty on two counts of tax fraud

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on May 21, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

ST. LOUIS - A jury found Ramsey Windsor, 39, of St. Charles, Missouri guilty on two counts of assisting in the preparation of false tax returns following a four-day jury trial. United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig presided over the trial.

The evidence during the trial proved Windsor was the owner of a St. Louis County company that produced mass mailers for its customers. During the years 2013 and 2014, large sums of money, which were business receipts, were deposited into Windsor’s personal bank account. These funds were payments from only one client. All other business receipts from other company customers were deposited in Windsor’s business account. A majority of the sales which were deposited into Windsor’s personal account were not reported on his tax returns. This methodology caused the gross receipts to be underreported on Windsor’s tax documentation in years 2013 and 2014. Thus, Windsor assisted in the preparation of personal tax returns that were fraudulent.

"Windsor’s guilty verdict is a reminder to all of us that every individual must report all income and file an accurate tax return to the Internal Revenue Service," said David Talcott, Acting Special Agent in Charge for the St. Louis field office. “IRS Special Agents will continue to serve the American public by investigating potential criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes."

The Internal Revenue Service investigated this case. ##

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

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