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SCRANTON — A Nanticoke man pleaded guilty to criminal tax evasion, The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced on Thursday.
Robert Luksh, 64, owner of Luksh Electric, located in Nanticoke, pleaded guilty to the charges earlier this week before United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion.
According to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the criminal information to which Luksh pleaded guilty alleges that during 2019 and 2020, Luksh operated his business in cash in order to evade payment to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of business-related taxes that he owed from previous tax years.
Luksh acknowledged that the monetary loss attributable to his conduct was between $100,000 and $250,000, and he agreed to make restitution to the IRS in the amount of $237,146.98. These charges stem from an investigation by IRS-Criminal Investigations.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffery St John is prosecuting the case.
The maximum penalty under federal law for this offense is five years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine.
A sentence will be imposed by the judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the federal sentencing guidelines.