Crime & Safety

Bergen County Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Tax Evasion

Mikhail Goldman failed to disclose retained fees of $600,000 on his income tax returns to avoid paying the taxes he owed.

A Bergen County man was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for tax evasion.

Mikhail Goldman, 63, of Fort Lee, previously pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging him with tax evasion for failing to report a total of $600,000 in income that he received between 2007 and 2011, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

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

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Goldman received $12 million in checks written to various companies controlled by him, which he cashed for a fee of 5 percent of the face amount of each check. Goldman then failed to disclose those retained fees of $600,000 on his income tax returns to avoid paying the taxes he owed, according to Fishman.

In addition to the prison term, Goldman was sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered Goldman to pay over $120,000 in restitution to the United States.

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