Yesterday, June 7, in new York, was arrested the native of the USSR and the owner of a large company Taxiclub Management Inc. Eugene Friedman, as well as his business partner and Finance Director Andrea Dumitru. Both live in new York.
In the court of the County of Albany, 46-year-old Friedman and 41-year-old Dimitar was charged with theft and tax evasion in the amount of $5 million in the period from 2012 to 2015.
During this period owned by the company’s largest in new York taxis, numbering more than 800 machines, provide their services to millions of passengers in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Woodside and long island city in Queens. Most of the trips were subject to 50 percent tax, called the MTA Tax, which was levied on passengers for the fare.
However, the leadership of Taxiclub Management Inc. in the face of Friedman and Dumitru decided not to redirect all the appropriate amount to the Department of taxation and Finance new York state and to leave some for yourself. In order not to arouse suspicion, they pointed out false information about the number of taxable trips in the tax returns of the company. Therefore, business partners has been enriched by a few million.
But the office of the attorney General new York Department of tax and Finance conducted a joint investigation and was able to «trace it». A criminal case against Eugene and Andrea is still open, but at the time of investigation they were placed in jail by setting a bail amount for Dimitar to $400,000, and for the Friedman – $500,000.
“The taxi king has built his Empire by stealing from new Yorkers. He pocketed the money instead should invest in our transportation system,” said attorney General Eric Schneiderman and added that his office would do everything possible to “prosecute those who cheat the system.”
However, Eugene Friedman denies all the charges against him. But if the court finds him guilty and Andrea, each of them threatens from 8 years and 4 months to 25 years in prison.
On the personal website of Eugene Friedman Genefreidman.com it was stated that in 1976, being a six year old son of political refugees, he and his family moved from Leningrad to new York. To have a source of income in the new country, his father, an engineer, had to earn money in the taxi.
