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North Hills Accountant Pleads Guilty to Violating Federal Tax Laws

Martin R. Bujaky, 63, participated in a scheme that resulted in a tax loss of about $3.7 million over the course of seven years, according to U.S. Attorney's Office.

A North Hills accountant has entered a guilty plea in Pittsburgh to charges of conspiracy and violating federal tax laws for a scheme that resulted in a tax loss of about $3.7 million over the course of seven years, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton said Monday.

Martin R. Bujaky, 63, of W. Bardonner Road, Hampton Township, entered a guilty plea to six counts before U.S. District Judge Terrence F. McVerry.

Martin R. Bujaky & Associates business address is in McCandless, close to the Pine border, at 101 Meadows Drive, Suite 110, Wexford.

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According to evidence presented to the court by Assistant U.S. Attorney Margaret E. Picking, between approximately 2000 and 2007, Bujaky conspired with others to harbor out-of-status aliens employed in the hotel housekeeping industry in the Pittsburgh area, as well as Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati, OH, by knowingly preparing false tax returns on behalf of their employers, who failed to report their wages as income.

Bujaky assisted in the preparation and presentation of false quarterly tax returns for portions of 2005 and 2006 for B&M Best Consulting Co. by understating the size of the payroll and the employment taxes due to the Internal Revenue Service. These false returns accounted for about $3 million in unreported wages.

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The law provides for a maximum total sentence of 23 years in prison, a fine of $1.5 million, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.

The Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, Department of Homeland Security- Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Department of Labor conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Bujaky.

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