A Hamilton man admits to embezzlement and tax fraud.
According to a press release from the IRS-Criminal Investigation Unit, a Hamilton man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati to filing a false income tax return and wire fraud.
From 2006 to 2017, Jonathan Shawn Thomsen, 39, worked as a project manager for Natus Medical Inc. in Pleasanton, California.
Thomsen began fraudulently claiming that he had incurred and paid for travel expenditures out of his personal finances in 2016, according to court filings. Natus continued to send reimbursement money straight into Thomsen’s bank account until the theft was revealed.
According to court filings, Thomsen requested reimbursement for over 1,000 bogus expenses totaling $517,737.
Investigators say Thomsen often asked for payment for phony plane tickets he made with editing software.
According to investigators, Thomsen also used the credits on his corporate card for personal expenses, such as starting a side business and moving money to his wife’s PayPal account.
According to the announcement, Thomsen neglected to count the embezzled cash as income and failed to record the gross receipts from the side business he started, resulting in a $175,774 tax loss from 2013 to 2017.
Filing a fake income tax return carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.
Cable fraud carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.
Assistant United States Attorney Ebunoluwa A. Taiwo is prosecuting the case, which was probed by IRS-Criminal Investigation special agents.
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