Michigan man convicted of evading taxes on casino winnings

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Michigan man convicted of evading taxes on casino winnings

DETROIT -- A jury has convicted an Oakland County man of using false Social Security numbers to avoid paying taxes on more than $3 million worth of casino winnings.

Forty-eight-year-old Christopher Aaron was indicted last May on 22 federal counts including obstructing tax laws, signing false tax forms under penalty of perjury and causing casinos to file false reports.

The Ortonville man was found guilty of 17 counts, and acquitted of one count of impeding the administration of internal revenue laws. He faces up to three years in prison on each count.

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U.S. Attorney Stephen Murphy says Aaron provided false Social Security numbers to various casinos between January 2000 and December 2003.

It wasn't immediately known if Aaron had an attorney.