New Jersey Resident And Business Owner Admits $3,400,000 Tax Evasion

CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester, County, New Jersey man admitted to willfully evading more than $3,400,000 of taxes, Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced today.

Jose Camilo Perez, Jr., 54, of Sewell, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb to an information charging him with one count of tax evasion.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

Perez controlled a company that digitized medical records for hospitals and other healthcare entities. From 2016 through 2023, the business received more than $8,000,000 for the services it performed. Perez attempted to evade the assessment of federal income taxes by cashing checks payable to the business at a check cashing business rather than depositing those checks into the business's bank account or his personal bank account, and then he used the cash for personal expenses and to pay payroll. From 2016 through 2023, Perez did not report any of the income he received from the business to the IRS. As a result, Perez evaded income taxes of more than $3,400,000.

The tax evasion charge carries a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for May 20, 2025.

Acting U.S. Attorney Khanna credited special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Jenifer L. Piovesan in Newark, with the investigation leading to the guilty plea.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel A. Friedman of the U.S. Attorney's Office's Criminal Division in Camden.

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Defense counsel:

Brian J. McMonagle Esq., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania