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Derek Chauvin charged with tax evasion

July 23, 2020
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Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the murder of George Floyd, has also been charged along with his wife with nine counts of felony tax evasion.

The Washington County prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday that Chauvin and his wife, Kellie May Chauvin, face charges of underreporting their joint income from 2014 through 2019 by $464,433, including more than $95,000 that Derek Chauvin earned from off-duty security work, NPR reported.

“Revenue investigators initiated a review into the Chauvins in June 2020 for failure to timely file Minnesota individual income tax returns from 2016 to 2019 and fraudulently filing tax returns from 2014 to 2019,” the office said in a statement.

“The complaints detail that the Chauvins, both employed and domiciled in Minnesota, failed to file income tax returns and pay state income taxes, underreported and underpaid taxes on income generated from various employments each year, and failed to pay proper sales tax on a vehicle purchased in Minnesota,” it said.

Each charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, according to Minnesota Lawyer.

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According to County Attorney Pete Orput, Floyd’s death had no bearing on the decision to prosecute the tax evasion case.

“Everybody’s got to be held to account,” Orput said. “My position is that nobody is above the law.”

The prosecutor’s office said the charges relate only to state income taxes and not to federal taxes or taxes in Florida, where the couple owns a second home, NPR reported.

Kellie Chauvin filed for divorce less than a week after Floyd’s death on May 25, reported Star Tribune.

The Associated Press says her divorce attorney did not return a call seeking comment and that Eric Nelson, Derek Chauvin’s attorney on the murder charges, had no comment Wednesday on the tax charges.

 


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