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PLEASANTON, CA – A Pleasanton resident and former home health care provider was sentenced to 18 months in prison this week for failing to record and pay taxes on trust funds, U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in charge Michael T. Batdorf announced. Muzaffar Hussain, 69, former CFO of San Francisco Bay Area-based Crossroads Home Health Care, Inc., was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 30, 2015 and pleaded guilty on June 10, 2016 for failing to record and pay taxes on trust funds.
Hussain is also ordered to pay $ 495,000 in restitution and will be on probation for three years after his prison term ends.
“Hussain admitted that for each pay period between July 1, 2004 and February 27, 2008, he received a payroll summary showing wages that had been paid and labor taxes owed,” officials said. Ministry of Justice in a press release. “After receiving the payroll summary, the defendant transferred funds from the Crossroads bank account in an amount equal to or close to the amount of employment taxes, to bank accounts which he controlled.”
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Hussain used the funds to pay for personal expenses and other business interests, the statement said.
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