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WASHINGTON D.C.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span>A federal jury found a Florida man guilty of failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), making a false statement to the IRS, and willfully failing to file tax returns, officials announced Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to documents and evidence presented at trial, from 2005 to 2015, Mark Anthony Gyetvay of Naples, Florida, concealed his ownership and control over substantial offshore assets. <\/span><\/p>\n

He also failed to file and pay taxes on millions of dollars of income, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gyetvay is scheduled to be sentenced on September 21. <\/span><\/p>\n

He faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for failing to file an FBAR, five years in prison for making a false statement and one year in prison for each willful failure to file a tax return.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After working as a certified public accountant (CPA) in the United States and Russia, Gyetvay became the chief financial officer of Novatek, a large Russian gas company. <\/span><\/p>\n

Beginning in 2005, Gyetvay opened two different accounts at a bank in Switzerland to hold substantial assets, which at one point had an aggregate value of over $93,000,000, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over several years, Gyetvay took steps to conceal his ownership and control over these funds, including removing himself from the accounts and making his then-wife, a Russian citizen, the beneficial owner of the accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, despite being a CPA, Gyetvay did not file his 2013 and 2014 U.S. tax returns.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gyetvay did not file FBARs, as required, to disclose his control over the Swiss bank accounts, at times rejecting his accountant\u2019s recommendation. <\/span><\/p>\n

In an unsuccessful attempt to avoid significant financial penalties, Gyetvay made a false filing with the IRS using the Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures, available only to taxpayers whose failure to report offshore assets and income is due to non-willful conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n

Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department\u2019s Tax Division made the announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

IRS-Criminal Investigation is investigating the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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