Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Blount County man has pleaded guilty to tax fraud and is ordered to pay thousands of dollars in restitution.
Officials with the Tennessee Department of Revenue say Bruce Martin Lemanski, a former bookkeeper for Art of Cakes in Maryville, did not report taxable sales at the business.
“It is a felony for retailers to collect sales tax from the public and then fail to remit it to the state,” Revenue Commissioner David Gerregano said. “It is a breach of the public trust, and the Department of Revenue will never quit pursuing criminal sanctions to provide accountability for these actions.”
Lemanki has been ordered to pay $70,629.78 in restitution and will see one year of probation.
