A sales representative in Florida will spend nearly two years in federal prison after dodging more than $3.7 million in federal income taxes over a 13-year period.
Phillip Mak of Jacksonville was sentenced to 22 months in prison following a guilty plea to one count of tax evasion. Court documents show that Mak raked in over $10 million between 2008 and 2020. Despite receiving multiple reminders from the IRS and facing a Notice of Federal Tax Lien on his property, Mak had paid zero federal income taxes by the end of 2021.
Instead of settling his debt, Mak actively shielded his money from federal authorities. Between 2019 and 2021, he routed $1 million to his domestic partner and signed over his house to a trust his partner controlled. He also set up a corporate entity to hide his personal earnings in a business bank account…