Date: 05-15-2021

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Case Number: 9:20-cr-80013-KAM

Judge: Kenneth A. Marra

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Miami-Dade County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office

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Description: Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion.

Dusko Bruer owned and operated a company that bought U.S.-made agricultural machinery and parts and sold them throughout the world. Bruer’s company had numerous employees and reaped millions of dollars in annual gross receipts. Despite its success, Bruer’s company did not file employment or corporate tax returns, nor did the company pay employment or income taxes. Furthermore, from 2003 forward, the company never paid Bruer a salary. Instead, Bruer directed that millions of dollars from the company’s bank accounts be used to pay his personal expenses, to make foreign investments, and to transfer funds to his family members.

To conceal his income from the IRS, from 2006 through at least 2015, Bruer owned and controlled bank accounts held at financial institutions in Croatia, Germany, Serbia, and Switzerland, which he did not report, in violation of the law. Between 2007 to 2011 alone, Bruer transferred $5.8 million from domestic accounts to these foreign financial accounts. In total, between 2007 and 2014, Bruer did not report receiving $7,726,213 in income, nor did he pay $2,789,538 in taxes. Bruer used his unreported offshore accounts to fund his lifestyle, including the purchase of foreign property, a $1,350,000 yacht, and a 3,200 square foot home in Lake Worth, Florida, with 100 feet of frontage on the Intracoastal Waterway for $1,650,000.

In addition to the term of imprisonment, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth A. Marra ordered Bruer to serve two years of supervised release and to pay approximately $2,789,538 in restitution to the United States.

Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Juan Antonio Gonzalez for the Southern District of Florida made the announcement. Further, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Goldberg and Acting U.S. Attorney Gonzalez would like to thank the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia for their assistance in this matter. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs provided significant assistance.

The IRS-Criminal Investigation is investigating the case.

Senior Litigation Counsel Mark F. Daly of the Tax Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Aurora Fagan of the Southern District of Florida are prosecuting the case.

ATTEMPT TO EVADE OR DEFEAT TAX
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RECORDS AND REPORTS ON FOREIGN FINANCIAL AGENCY TRANSACTIONS - DEFINITION
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Outcome: Defendant sentenced to 24 months BOP, two years supervised release, $2,789,538.00 restitution and $200 special assessment. Self surrender date: 7/13/21. Cou

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