Dentist Sentenced to 21 Months for Tax Evasion Scam
The dentist from Mahwah owned three practices, including one in Wyckoff.
A dentist from Mahwah who pleaded guilty earlier this year to running a $2 million dental scam was sentenced to 21 months in prison, US Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced in a release Wednesday. Stephen A. Beukas, 47, owned three dental practices in the mid-2000s, one in Wyckoff, one in Colts Neck, and one mobile dental unit that serviced senior citizens living in nursing homes. Beukas evaded paying over $800,000 in owed taxes, and failed to disclose $1.3 million in income he earned during 2008, when he filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on the practices: Stephen Beukas, DMD; New Jersey Mobile Dental Practice PA; and Mobile Dental Practice PC, according to the release. Beukas pleaded guilty earlier this year to tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud, …
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12:30 am on Thursday, June 13, 2013
Why do we let these white collar crime people off with no thine? They know that the penalty will be a slap on the wrist so it is worth the risk of getting caught. more ›