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September 24, 2012

Judge sentences Edmond man to prison in tax case

Businessman to pay $476,000-plus in restitution

EDMOND — A federal judge has sentenced an Edmond businessman to 20 months in prison and ordered him to pay $476,000-plus in restitution for failure to file and pay employment tax.

U.S. District Judge Stephen P. Friot sentenced James T. Davis, of Edmond, to 20 months in federal prison for failure to collect and pay federal employment tax to the Internal Revenue Service, according to the office of Sanford C. Coats, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.

In addition, Friot ordered Davis to serve three years of supervised release upon his release from prison and pay $476,493.56 in restitution to the IRS.

Davis was the owner of Hardcore Management which served other businesses owned and operated by Davis in Oklahoma City including an ice vending company and several gentlemen’s clubs, according to court records.

From September 2004 through January of 2008, Davis failed to collect and pay the IRS federal employment payroll taxes owed by Hardcore, court records show. Davis pleaded guilty in November 2011.

This case was the result of an investigation conducted by IRS Criminal Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ross N. Lillard III.



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