U.S. Department of Justice Marcos Daniel Jiménez United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
	99 N.E. 4th Street Miami, FL 33132 (305) 961-9001

DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON
FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN TAX EVASION SCHEME

Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Eileen J. O'Connor, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Tax Division; Brian J. Wimpling, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations; and Michael S. Clemens, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that defendant, Robert J. Jabbour, of Boca Raton, Florida, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley to a term of ten (10) years’ imprisonment, followed by a three (3) year term of supervised release, for his involvement in a tax evasion scheme. Jabbour also was ordered to pay restitution to the United States in the amount of $1,642,212.39.

On August 5, 2004, following a month-long trial in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, Jabbour was convicted of conspiring with co-defendant Nicholas D. DeAngelis to defraud the United States by impairing and impeding the Internal Revenue Service and of aiding and abetting DeAngelis’s tax evasion. On the first day of his trial, Jabbour pleaded guilty to evading his own income tax liabilities. Jabbour and DeAngelis worked in concert to hide their assets and income. They used a complex web of nominee bank accounts and corporations to evade the payment of their tax liabilities. DeAngelis was sentenced on January 27, 2005, to a term of twenty-five (25) years’ imprisonment for his involvement in this tax scheme, as well as a related $1.5 million investment fraud scheme.

Mr. Jiménez commended the investigative efforts of the Internal Revenue Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as the Department of Justice, Tax Division, for its assistance. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ellen Cohen and Department of Justice Trial Attorney Stephanie D. Evans.

A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.

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