A Carmel, Indiana, resident pleaded guilty today to perjury
today in the U.S. District Court in Cleveland, Ohio, announced Acting Assistant
Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division,
and U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach of the Northern District of Ohio.
According to the indictment, court documents and statements
made at the court proceeding, Alexander Krivozus committed perjury by
testifying falsely during the course of a federal grand jury investigation of
Cleveland resident, Edward Gurary, who ultimately pleaded guilty in March 2011
to one count of filing a false income tax return on which he wilfully failed to
report his Swiss bank accounts. As part
of the investigation, bank records indicated that Gurary directed UBS AG to
wire funds from his undeclared Swiss bank account, which was held in the name
of a nominee Bahamian entity, and requested that confirmations of the transfers
be sent to a U.S. fax number in the (317) area code. The investigation established that the fax
number was associated with Krivozus. He
was subpoenaed to testify before the federal grand jury and testified falsely.
Krivolus faces a statutory maximum sentence of five years in
prison and a $250,000 fine for the perjury offense. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Ciraolo and U.S. Attorney
Dettelbach commended the special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, who
investigated the case, and Trial Attorney Richard M. Rolwing of the Tax
Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Patton of the Northern District of
Ohio, who are prosecuting the case.
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