U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Jacksonville Man Indicted For Wire And Tax Fraud After Stealing More Than $150,000 From His Employer
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
Jacksonville, FL – Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of an indictment charging Albert Jason Miller (46, Jacksonville) with wire fraud and filing a false tax-related document. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison on the fraud charge, and up to 3 years’ imprisonment on the false filing charge. The indictment also notifies Miller that the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of $162,282.96, which represents the proceeds of the offenses.
According to the
, Miller was an employee of CEVA Logistics, a Netherlands–based contract logistics and freight/transportation management company that has offices in Jacksonville. From 2008 through March 2013, he worked in the company’s procurement department. In May 2010, Miller created a fictitious business named “CEVA” and told vendors to make checks payable to CEVA because CEVA Logistics was undergoing a legal name change. He then began diverting those checks and depositing them into a bank account he had opened in the name of CEVA, where he was the sole authorized signor. Miller diverted a total of $162,282.96 and failed to disclose the stolen proceeds as income on his 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 tax returns. Miller used the stolen proceeds to pay for personal expenses.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
This case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, as part of the IRS-Criminal Investigation’s Northeast Florida Financial Task Force. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Beatriz Gonzalez.
Updated April 13, 2017
Topics
Financial Fraud
Tax
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