| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV/USAO/CAN |
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Nwadinaume Uba was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, a fine of $5,000 and ordered to pay $258,741 in restitution for filing false tax returns, United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello and Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Scott O’Briant announced.
Uba pleaded guilty on March 16 to three counts of filing false tax returns. According to the plea agreement, Uba owned and operated TLC Prostaffing and Evergreen Health Care Connection, staffing businesses for nursing care facilities located in San Jose, Calif. On her 2001, 2002 and 2003 personal income tax returns, Uba admitted that she omitted a significant amount of gross receipts on her Schedule C (Profit of Loss from Business). She failed to provide her bookkeeper/tax return preparer with any information about one of her businesses, Evergreen Health Care Connection. Uba also concealed from her bookkeeper/tax return preparer some bank accounts for TLC Prostaffing to which income was deposited. As a result, the amounts reported as annual gross receipts on her federal tax returns were substantially understated and income taxes owed were not reported to the IRS.
Uba, 57, a current resident of Henderson, Nev., was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 13, 2008.
Thomas Moore is the Assistant U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the case with the assistance of Kathy Tat. The prosecution is the result of an investigation by Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.
The sentence was handed down by District Court Judge James Ware. Uba is scheduled to self surrender on October 15.
Further Information:
Case #: CR 08-0158 JW
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