Florida Doctor Sentenced for Role in Income Tax Fraud Scheme

On April 27, 2015, in Miami, Florida, Dr. Krishna Tripuraneni, of Palm Beach County, Florida, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, one year of supervised release and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine. Tripuraneni previously pleaded guilty to one count of filing false tax returns. According to court documents, Tripuraneni, a physician licensed in the State of Florida, was the owner and operator of three businesses in Wellington, Florida. For the tax years 2004 to 2008, Tripuraneni received income in the form of direct compensation, distributions, and corporate funds and used these payments to cover personal expenditures. Tripuraneni utilized funds from the companies to pay for expenses on a new home, payments on condominiums, interior design improvements to his residences and tuition payments for his children. Some of these payments were fraudulently classified as professional consulting, building repairs, and miscellaneous expenses by his companies and used as profit and loss statements on his corporate and personal income tax returns. Tripuraneni caused the preparation and filing of a false 2006 U.S. Income Tax Return for an S Corporation; a U.S. Return of Partnership Income, and a U.S. Individual Income Tax Return. In total, Tripuraneni underreported his income for tax years 2004-2008 by $18,128,066 for a total of $6,383,977 in outstanding taxes.

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