| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV/USAO/CAN |
OAKLAND, Calif, - Kevin Matthew Hoggatt was sentenced yesterday to five months community confinement followed by five months home detention, three years of supervised release, a $30,000 fine and ordered to pay restitution of $53,593 for tax evasion, United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello and Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Scott O’Briant announced.
Hoggatt pleaded guilty on June 24 to four counts of tax evasion. According to the plea, Hoggatt admitted that he was the sole proprietor of his landscaping business – Norcal Landscape and Maintenance, which recently changed to KH Maintenance and Irrigation Repair, LLC. His business provided landscaping services to customers in the Pleasanton and Livermore, Calif., area.
According to court records, for 2003 though 2006, Hoggatt underreported his gross receipts from his business by at least $364,318. Some of Hoggatt’s customers paid him with checks made payable to his business, some customers paid him with cash while others paid him with checks made payable to him personally. Hoggatt reported only some of the checks made payable to his business and did not report the cash or the checks that were made payable to him personally. Hoggatt used some of the unreported income to pay off his mortgage on his home in Livermore. He also purchased a 2004 Ford F250 for $31,551.05 and opened a 10-month certificate of deposit in the amount of $40,000.
Hoggatt also failed to file Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly federal tax returns. He falsely reported to the IRS that he did not have any employees, when during that time he had up to three employees who he paid in cash.
Hoggatt, 45, of Livermore, was charged by information on June 3 with four counts of tax evasion in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201.
Thomas Moore is the Assistant U.S. Attorney who is prosecuting the case with the assistance of Kathy Tat. The prosecution is the result of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation.
Further Information:
Case #: CR 09-0571-CW
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