ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — The owner of a Florida furniture store has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for avoiding more than $5.5 million in IRS taxes, interest and fines announced Wednesday by the US Attorney’s Central District of Florida.
Court documents showed that David Fletcher, owner and operator of the Deltona Furniture liquidation business, had failed to file his federal income tax returns or pay the taxes he had owed for nearly a decade.
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An IRS audit has determined a total of $1.7 million in taxes, interest and penalties against him.
“To avoid collecting these taxes, Fletcher hid his income and assets from the IRS. For example, Fletcher used candidates to hide purchases of luxury cars, including Rolls-Royce.
The judge offered Fletcher a three-year supervised release and ordered the United States to pay approximately $7,112,689 in reparations.
