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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Springfield business owner sentenced to prison over employees’ taxes
DAYTON — A Springfield business owner who pocketed $220,000 of his employees’ payroll taxes was sentenced Friday, July 9, to six months in federal prison.
U.S. District Senior Judge Walter H. Rice also sentenced Richard Albrecht, Jr., to three years of supervised release, of which the first four months will be spent on electronic monitoring. Albrecht must also pay restitution to the IRS and serve 100 hours of community service.
“Employers who fail to remit withheld employment taxes to the IRS are not only enriching themselves, they are creating financial problems for their employees,” said Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, IRS, Criminal Investigation.
Albrecht, 53, of Yellow Springs, pleaded guilty Nov. 6 to one count of willful failure to collect and pay employment taxes to the IRS.
Rice ordered Albrecht to surrender to federal authorities on Oct. 1.
Between 2001 and February 2008, Albrecht owned a rigging company that operated under the names of Automotive Component Systems LLC, R&J Rigging and RCSI Inc. in and around Springfield, according to court documents.
He took the taxes from his employees’ paychecks and knowingly failed to pay the IRS, specifically for the third quarter of 2003 through the fourth quarter of 2005, according to court documents.
Rice ordered Albrecht to pay $20,000 of the amount due to the IRS within sixty days of the termination of his supervised release.
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