Mann Sentenced to One Year in Prison

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Johnathan Mann, 39, of Vidalia, was sentenced to serve one year in prison and one year of supervised release for filing a false taxrelated document. In April, Mann pled guilty to filing the document for the 2018 tax year. During the sentencing hearing, prosecutors explained that Mann did not report $266,048 of income which he earned through his business, Mann Construction, to his tax preparer. Instead, Mann deposited the checks that made up this income into his own bank account or cashed them at the bank from which the customer had written the check. This failure to report the earnings caused Mann to pay $84,638 less than he should have over that 3-year timeframe.

U.S. District Court Judge J. Randal Hall sentenced Mann to one year in prison and an additional year of supervised release. Judge Hall also ordered that Mann pay the $84,638 which he owes in restitution fees.

U.S. Southern District of Georgia Attorney Margaret E. Heap commented on the case. “My office is committed to pursuing individuals that knowingly seek to avoid contributing their share of federal taxes and instead shifting to their fellow citizens the burden of keeping our government functioning,” she emphasized.

The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations Division and prosecuted for the United States by Assistant United States Attorney John P. Harper III. The exact date that Mann will begin his sentence has not been disclosed.