Ronald St. Clair, a certified public accountant in Fort Myers, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for hiding assets from the IRS to avoid paying more than $2.2 million in income taxes, and he must pay $2,343,615.01 in restitution, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced Oct. 26. St. Clair had pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion.
The debts built up over tax years 2011 through 2017. In 2020, after the IRS said it intended to levy his assets, the office’s plea announcement says, St. Clair sold real property he owned and moved the proceeds into a bank account in a third party’s name. He then used the money for personal and business purposes and did not disclose it while he was asking the IRS for a payment plan…