Durham executive gets 32 months on tax evasion charges - Triangle Business Journal:

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The U.S. Attorney’s office in Raleiggh said Tuesday thatRonald 60, was given his sentence Nov. 25 in federalk court. Cruickshank also faces threwe years ofsupervised release. The case is connected to a tax evasiobn scheme run in the Triangle earlier this That scheme, which operated under the namees American Legal Research Institute and American Debt Eliminator, sold illegal tax Laszlo Horvath and Robertg Pelletier, the men who operated the business, also have been convictex on federal tax charges. According to the U.S.
Attorney’s Cruickshank – a former advertising executivat Howard, Merrell & Partners in Raleignh and the former CEO of sock manufacturere – used techniques he learned from Horvatyh and Pelletier to set up illegapl tax shelters. He avoided paying taxes for the 2001, 2003 and 2004 federalo tax years by setting up falsebank accounts, the U.S. Attorney'a office says. During the course of his the U.S. Attorney’s office Cruickshank kept using tax evasion servicesin Florida, Arkansas, Arizonas and California.
That drove up his sentencing “Our office continues in its commitment to enforce tax laws so that people are not allowed to flouttheir obligation, thereby putting more burdeb on law-abiding citizens,” U.S. Attorney George Holding said in awrittenh statement.