IRS Agent’s Son Also Admits Tax Dodge
The son of a former IRS agent who was indicted along with his father on an income-tax evasion scheme pleaded guilty Monday to two federal charges.
Robert A. Morales Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government and one count of money laundering.
Originally charged in a 201-count indictment, which prosecutors said was the single-largest bribe case in the history of the IRS, both Moraleses were accused of establishing sham corporations to hide money the elder Morales accepted as bribes.
The two El Cajon men were involved with an Imperial County farmer, Mario Saikhon, who allegedly bribed Morales Sr. to avoid paying taxes.
Morales Jr. could be sentenced to 25 years in prison and fined $750,000. He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 2 by U.S. District Judge Gordon Thompson Jr.
Morales Sr. pleaded guilty Aug. 21 to two counts of tax evasion and is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 14, but he still faces a 17-count grand jury indictment.
Saikhon has yet to be charged in the case.
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