U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg | U.S. Department of Justice
A Florida man has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for filing false tax returns, according to a recent announcement. Jeremy Charles DeWitte, the owner of Metro State Special Services, a funeral-procession escort business in Central Florida, was found guilty of underreporting his business's revenue on his individual income tax returns for 2017 and 2018.
U.S. District Judge Julie S. Sneed also ordered DeWitte to serve one year of supervised release following his prison term and to pay approximately $70,000 in restitution to the United States.
The case was announced by Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg for the Middle District of Florida.
The investigation was conducted by IRS Criminal Investigation, with prosecution led by Assistant Chief David Zisserson and Trial Attorney Curtis Weidler from the Tax Division, alongside assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.
