Bridal shop owner pleads guilty to employment tax crimes

Date: Feb. 26, 2026

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Denver, CO - A Parker woman pleaded guilty today to willfully failing to pay over employment taxes on behalf of the bridal shop company she owned and operated.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Donna M. Savoy owned and operated Donna Beth Creations ("DBC"), a bridal studio in Denver, Colorado. Savoy exercised complete control over DBC's financial affairs. She also was responsible for withholding Social Security, Medicare and federal income taxes from her employees' wages and paying those funds over to the IRS, as well as filing quarterly employment tax returns with the IRS.

From the first quarter of 2014 through the fourth quarter of 2024, Savoy withheld these taxes from her employees' wages but did not pay over those taxes to the IRS or file the required quarterly employment tax returns. She also willfully failed to file individual tax returns from 2014 through 2023. In total, Savoy caused a tax loss to the United States exceeding $1.3 million.

Savoy pleaded guilty to one count of willful failure to account for and pay over trust fund taxes. She is scheduled to be sentenced on June 15, 2026, and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

IRS Criminal Investigation is investigating the case and trial attorney Stuart A. Wexler of the Department of Justice's Criminal Division Tax Section is prosecuting the case.

IRS-CI is the law enforcement arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. It is the only federal law enforcement agency with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code. IRS-CI has 18 field offices located across the U.S. and maintains an international presence through attaché posts abroad.