Kenyan-American Businessman in Missouri Charged with Federal Employment Tax Violations
A Missouri-based Kenyan-American man appeared in court last week for charges related to his failure to pay employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The indictment states that Ephantus Mwangi, who operates True Payments Solutions Inc. (TPS) headquartered in Kansas, is charged for holding onto the federal income as well as Social Security/Medicare taxes from the wages of TPS employees in 2017 and 2018. Mwangi neglected lawful obligation by failing to remit the imposed taxes to the IRS, with experts estimating the loss in taxes to be about $337,350.
If convicted, Mwangi could receive a prison term of no more than five years for each of the six counts concerning workforce taxes. A federal judge will ultimately rule on Mwangi's case, taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other important factors. Stuart M. Goldberg, the current Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Tax Division of the Justice Department, along with Kate E. Brubacher, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas, jointly issued this statement.
The ongoing investigation of the case is being conducted by the IRS Criminal Investigation. The prosecution of the case is being handled by Trial Attorney J. Gochenour from the Tax Division of the Justice Department and Assistant U.S. Attorney Huschka for the District of Kansas.
Last year, another Kenyan-American who is the proprietor of a popular eatery in Washington DC was charged with embezzling the earnings of multiple workers for an extended duration. According to Washington DC Attorney-General Brian Schwalb, Kevin Onyona, the owner of the renowned restaurant, along with his Business Executive Emad Shoeb, deliberately and consistently violated the city's law regarding minimum wages for tipped employees and other safeguards by unlawfully appropriating their employees' earnings.
The Attorney-General also disclosed that Swahili Village, the restaurant in question, has a practice of including a 20 per cent gratuity on every bill. However, it came to light that the owners had been keeping a substantial amount of the tips that were intended for the employees (READ: Owner of Swahili Village Restaurant in Washington, DC Accused of Stealing His Employees’ Wages).
Comments (14)
PLEASE DONT ASSOCIATE KEVIN ONYONA WITH THIS GOON .KEVIN IS A VERY GOOD MAN WHO FOLLOWS ALL LABOR REGULATIONS SO PLEASE STOP IT .
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING NEGATIVE FROM THE MWAKILSHI SMALL BALLS BOYS(MSBB) CONCERNING KEVIN.
HAVE EVER CONSIDERED THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A DEEP AND WIDE POND THAT THE AVERAGE ONYANGO CANNOT MEASURE UPTO? ITS NOT THAT THEY HAVE SMALL BALLS.BALLS ARE RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED.YOU GET MY DRIFT.MMMMAMMMmmmmm Anyona is" avery good man".
Kenyan jungle laws do not exist in America @girltoto! The courts will fairly determine if Kevin Anyona is guilty of the crimes he has been accused of, and if he is innocent, the courts will set him free! Who the hell are you to tell us that Anyona is innocent after he has be allegedly accused of cheating his employees of their hard earned tips? Wewe Wacha ujinga wa huko ushagu!!
Oh, @totogirl, please don’t worry because you can go see your lover Kevin in whatever jail the federal authorities will dump him. He can still be your sugar daddy while behind the bars.
Call the Attorney General who convicted Anyona and tell him your boo is innocent and he should be let go because he is special. Nonsesnse you useless bitch!
Are you surprised? You can take Njau out of Ruiru, but you can't take Ruiru out of Njau.Njau will continue to display the inherent thuggery of the place in which he grew up.
Well, it does not have to end up that way but unfortunately Njau and Anyona have brought their home cooked thuggery into the American system, but the Americans will teach them lasting lessons that wizi and conmanship will not be tolerated on the American soil. Both of these thugs should spend time in jail to teach others that corruption will not be allowed in America.
Which Njau are guys talking about? I knew a Njau from Ruiru a while ago!!!
NYAYOism😫at It's Best. He should Also be Investigated for PPP funds (if in Case he Took any).
Mwangi now has reasons to get sleepless nights because the federal government has a conviction rate of 97% and up.
Njau is the reason why senior Mzee Jomo Kenyatta used to lay offenders on the floor and whip them with a leather whip.Toa suruali weka matako chini...jangili wewe.
Atakula maharaqe peke yake. American greed is real. Own up and pay up and know when to close biz if it's not doing well
Mwangi just like his buddy Anyona will be convicted of all the crimes he is being accused of by the federal authorities.
There is no corrupted Ruto in the American legal system to burry your crimes, and appoint the CS for theft and restaurant mismanagement. Both these crooked guys will be forced to pay the said amounts (or more) and most likely end up spending hard time in jail. That is how the American system works.
U can't get away with these kind of stuff in States. We're not in Kenya