A Missouri man has been sentenced to 51 months in prison on October 5, 2026, after the person had been found guilty of avoiding paying employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the companies he owned and operated.
The news was confirmed by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas, with the responsible person identified as one Ephantus Mwangi, a 48-year-old Kenyan national. He ran True Payment Solutions, Inc., a Kansas-based business that sold credit-card processing services and card readers to merchants, as well as True POS Solutions, Inc., a separate entity that ran the same services.
在2017年至2018年之间，Mwangi从国税局扣押了估计331,404.33美元。这笔款项来自True Payment Solutions，但在2016年至2019年之间，他从公司银行账户转移了超过150万美元到个人账户。总计，美国政府被少缴了150万美元的税款。
据称Mwangi用这笔钱在赌场进行长时间的游戏，每次玩10或12小时。他还大手大脚地购买了各种豪华车，包括一辆凯迪拉克凯雷德、两辆路虎揽胜、两辆梅赛德斯和一辆雷克萨斯。
True Payment Solutions当时雇用了大约20至30名员工；检察官办公室发布了一份详细的新闻稿说明该案件。Mwangi原定于2026年4月27日受审，但他未能出庭，实际上成为了逃犯，六周后才在一次交通检查中被捕。
Mwangi甚至试图向执法部门谎称自己不是本人，并在此过程中提供了虚假证件。美国地区法官Daniel D. Crabtree判决Mwangi在释放后需接受3年的监督释放，并向政府支付总计1,597,835.24美元的赔偿金。