Crime/Court
Richmond businessman sentenced to prison for employment tax fraud
On February 10, 2021, Rama Gogineni was sentenced to eleven months in prison for failing to collect, truthfully account for, and pay over employment taxes. Gogineni was further ordered to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $980,219.01 and three years of supervised release after his release from prison.
According to court records, Gogineni was the president and director of Computech Systems, Inc., a technology consulting services firm in Richmond, Virginia. Gogineni was responsible for collecting, truthfully accounting for, and paying over Social Security, Medicare, and income taxes withheld from his employees’ wages.
From approximately 2007 through 2015, Gogineni failed to pay nearly one million dollars in employment taxes to the IRS. Gogineni entered into three separate installment agreements with the IRS during this time, committing to make payments, but defaulted each time. Gogineni pled guilty to these charges on September 3, 2020. Gogineni must voluntarily report to the designated institution by noon on April 30, 2021, to serve his sentence.
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