A Los Angeles-based commercial real estate agent was indicted for evading the payment of his individual income taxes and for obstructing the IRS in its efforts to collect those taxes.
According to the indictment, Gabriel Guerrero has a history of failing to file tax returns in a timely manner. In 2014, he allegedly filed more than 10 years’ worth of returns but did not pay the amounts he self-reported he owed. When the IRS began trying to collect those outstanding taxes, Guerrero allegedly sought to obstruct the collection process by not depositing substantial commission checks he earned from commercial real estate sales into his bank accounts and by using cashier’s checks to circumvent IRS levies of those accounts.
The indictment also alleged that Guerrero further obstructed collection efforts by submitting false financial disclosure forms to the IRS, which significantly underreported his income and by not disclosing a bank account he used to deposit his income. In total, Guerrero is alleged to have caused a tax loss to the IRS of more than $350,000.
If convicted, Guerrero faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for tax evasion and three years in prison for obstructing the IRS.
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