Campbell: In-Home Care Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Over $1 Mil In Employment Tax Violations

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A Campbell man who ran a business providing home care to people with disabilities pleaded guilty Tuesday to failing to pay over $1 million in employment taxes withheld from his company's employees, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Shane Mike was the head of Excel Behavioral Services Inc., a Campbell business that provided care to people with disabilities. As the boss, Mike was responsible for withholding Social Security, Medicare and income taxes from his staff's wages. He was also supposed to pay funds to the IRS.

From the fourth quarter of 2014 to the third quarter of 2015, Mike did not pay any withheld taxes to the IRS. And for the third quarter of 2014, he only paid part of the withheld funds.

In total, the government found that Mike never paid more than $1 million in taxes to the IRS. He also used the money to pay his personal expenses.

Mike also filed false personal income tax returns, bringing his total tax loss to the IRS to $1,177,947.

Mike is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 24 and faces a maximum term in federal prison of five years.

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