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\"\"A former Statesboro, Georgia city councilman was sentenced Monday to 33 months in prison for evading taxes on income from bars he co-owned, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to court documents and statements made in court, William Britt, now of Bluffton, South Carolina, evaded taxes on income from various bars he co-owned near college campuses in Georgia. <\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the scheme, each establishment was nominally owned by a single individual.<\/span><\/p>\n

In reality, a group of business partners, including Britt, owned the bars in varying ownership percentages. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Britt and the other true owners skimmed cash from the establishments and disbursed it amongst themselves under their ownership percentages without reporting that income to the IRS.<\/span><\/p>\n

To complete the fraud scheme, Britt personally ensured that some of the nominal owners of the bars filed false tax returns, according to the evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Britt also provided false information to an accountant who prepared tax returns related to some of these businesses. <\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically, Britt misrepresented the businesses\u2019 true ownership, underreported the bars\u2019 income, and omitted cash distributions to the owners. <\/span><\/p>\n

This conduct enabled Britt and the other true owners of the bars to file tax returns with the IRS that omitted their full income tax liabilities. <\/span><\/p>\n

As part of his guilty plea, Britt admitted to willfully underreporting his income on his 2014 individual tax return.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the term of imprisonment, Chief Judge J. Randal Hall of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida ordered Britt to pay $352,404 in restitution to the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

IRS-Criminal Investigation and the FBI investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant Chief David Zisserson and Trial Attorney Casey S. Smith of the Tax Division, and the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of Georgia, prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A former Statesboro, Georgia city councilman was sentenced Monday to 33 months in prison for evading taxes on income from bars he co-owned, according to officials. 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