New Jersey Resident and Business Owner Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Evading Over $3.4 Million in Taxes

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Gloucester County, New Jersey man was sentenced to 12 months in prison for willfully evading more than $3,400,000 of taxes, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba announced.

Jose Camilo Perez, Jr., 54, of Sewell, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty on November 20, 2025, before Chief U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb to an Information charging him with one count of tax evasion.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:                                                                                          

Perez controlled a company that digitized medical records for hospitals and other healthcare entities.  From 2016 through 2023, the business received more than $8,000,000 for the services it performed.  Perez attempted to evade the assessment of federal income taxes by cashing checks payable to the business at a check cashing business rather than depositing those checks into the business’s bank account or his personal bank account, and then he used the cash for personal expenses and to pay payroll.  From 2016 through 2023, Perez did not report any of the income he received from the business to the IRS.  As a result, Perez evaded income taxes of more than $3,400,000.

Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba credited special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Jenifer L. Piovesan in Newark, with the investigation leading to this sentencing.

In addition to the prison term, Chief Judge Bumb sentenced Perez to 3 years of supervised release and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $3,434,066.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel A. Friedman and Josephine J. Park of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division in Camden.

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Defense counsel:

Brian J. McMonagle Esq., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania