WASHINGTON
A Fort Lauderdale, Florida, escort pleaded guilty today to filing a false corporate tax return, officials announced.
According to court documents, Jami Kopacz worked as a paid escort for clients across the United States. Kopacz received payments directly from his escort clients.
He also received income from a private business for whom he worked as an independent contractor.
From 2015 to 2018, Kopacz used his corporation, JK Training, LLC, to receive income, and then filed false corporate tax returns (Forms 1120S) that substantially underreported the company’s gross receipts and total income.
The understatement on JK Training’s corporate tax return was consequently passed through to Kopacz’s individual tax returns, which were also false as they underreported his total income.
Kopacz caused a total tax loss of $278,325.
Magistrate Judge Patrick M. Hunt accepted Kopacz’s plea Wednesday.
Sentencing is scheduled before U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman on March 5.
Kopacz is facing up to three years in prison.