A Mercer County man has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for tax evasion and filing false tax returns. The announcement was made by Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna.
Gordian A. Ndubizu, from Princeton Junction, New Jersey, was convicted on August 15, 2024. He faced eight counts in total: four for tax evasion and four for filing false tax returns for the years 2014 through 2017. The conviction followed a four-day trial overseen by U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, who delivered the sentence in Trenton federal court.
Court documents and trial evidence revealed that during the specified tax years, Ndubizu worked as an accounting professor at a Pennsylvania university and co-owned Healthcare Pharmacy in Trenton, New Jersey. This pharmacy was structured as an S corporation, meaning its income should have been reported on Ndubizu's personal tax returns along with his wife's.
Ndubizu manipulated the financial records of Healthcare Pharmacy to inflate costs of goods sold, thereby reducing reported profits that were taxable income for him and his wife. The fraudulent records included wire transfers misrepresented as payments for goods when they were actually directed to personal accounts controlled by Ndubizu or accounts in Nigeria linked to an automotive company he controlled.
The investigation found that Ndubizu's tax filings from 2014 to 2017 falsely underreported his income and inaccurately claimed no foreign bank account interests or signature authority. In total, he failed to report approximately $3.28 million in income from the pharmacy, leading to about $1.25 million in unpaid taxes.
Acting U.S. Attorney Khanna acknowledged the efforts of IRS-Criminal Investigation Division special agents led by Special Agent Tammy Tomlins in Newark for their role in this case's investigation. He also expressed gratitude towards special agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and officers from both the Trenton Police Department and Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alexander E. Ramey and Ashley Super Pitts of the Criminal Division represented the government during this case.
