William J. Edwards, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that Robert A. Huff was sentenced to six months imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for failing to file a 2001 tax return. The sentence was imposed by United States Magistrate Judge Nancy A. Vecchiarelli. As conditions of supervised release, Huff was ordered to serve six months in monitored home confinement after his release from prison, and to cooperate with the Internal Revenue Service in determining and collecting the taxes owing by him for 2001 and 2002. According to court records, Huff resides in Solon, Ohio.

Huff previous pleaded guilty to an Information which alleged that he was self-employed during 2001 and 2002 in various real estate business activities in the greater Cleveland metropolitan area, including investments, rentals, rehabilitation construction, and locating properties and contractors for other investors, and resided at various addresses in the greater Cleveland area, including in Cleveland, Solon, and Strongsville. In his written plea agreement, Huff acknowledged that he had gross receipts of approximately $283,142 in 2001 and $405,064 in 2002 from real estate related activities and that he willfully failed to file income tax returns on which he was required to report his gross income and resulting tax liabilities from those activities. Huff also admitted having failed to pay any of his taxes for those years, the exact amount of which has not yet been determined.

The government’s case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John M. Siegel and Special Assistant United States Attorney Dean Wyman, following an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, Cleveland, Ohio.

Under existing tax law, a person convicted of a criminal tax offense, in addition to whatever sentence is imposed, is also required to pay the tax determined to be due as well as interest and civil penalties that may be assessed.