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Roger Stone is sued by Justice Department for failing to pay 'nearly $2 million in taxes' to the IRS and is asked to pay the money 'with interest'

  Roger Stone has been sued by the Justice Department for failing to pay nearly $2 million in taxes to the IRS and has been asked to pay the...

 Roger Stone has been sued by the Justice Department for failing to pay nearly $2 million in taxes to the IRS and has been asked to pay the money 'with interest.'

The Justice Department filed the lawsuit against Stone, 68, and his wife Nydia in the the Southern District of Florida federal court in Fort Lauderdale.

The suit claims that the Stones avoided paying $1,590,361 in taxes between 2007 and 2011 and snubbed the IRS of $407,036 in 2018.

'Despite notice and demand for payment, Roger and Nydia Stone have failed and refused to pay the entire amount of the liabilities,' the suit reads. 

Roger Stone has been sued by the Justice Department for failing to pay nearly $2 million in taxes to the IRS and has been asked to pay the money 'with interest'

Roger Stone has been sued by the Justice Department for failing to pay nearly $2 million in taxes to the IRS and has been asked to pay the money 'with interest'

The Stones used Drake Ventures, a company registered to their home in Fort Lauderdale,  to pay Roger Stone’s associates, their relatives, and other entities without providing the required tax forms

The Stones used Drake Ventures, a company registered to their home in Fort Lauderdale,  to pay Roger Stone's associates, their relatives, and other entities without providing the required tax forms

A cat sits sentry on the porch of the home of Roger Stone in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019

A cat sits sentry on the porch of the home of Roger Stone in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019

The Stones alleged failed to pay income taxes on properties they held through their company Drake Ventures to 'shield their personal income from enforced collection and fund a lavish lifestyle,' according to the court document.

'Drake Ventures exists as a vehicle to receive income that belongs to the Stones and pay their personal expenses,' the lawsuit reads. 

'Recognizing Drake Ventures as a separate entity despite these facts would sanction the Stones' attempts to evade their tax obligations and conceal their assets from collection by creditors.'

The Justice Department said that the Roger and Nydia, who each have a 50 percent stake in the company, 'dominated and controlled Drake Ventures to such an extent that it does not exist as an independent entity.'


The company has no website and no phone number, and the address listed for the business is the their home where they live. The company has been administratively dissolved twice by the Florida Secretary of State.

'The Stones used Drake Ventures to pay Roger Stone's associates, their relatives, and other entities without providing the required Forms 1099-MISC (Miscellaneous Income) or W-2s (Wage and Tax Statement),' the court document reads.

Stone, a longtime friend to former president Donald Trump, was convicted by a federal jury in Washington on seven counts of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice and witness tampering before his sentence was commuted and ultimately pardoned

Stone, a longtime friend to former president Donald Trump, was convicted by a federal jury in Washington on seven counts of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice and witness tampering before his sentence was commuted and ultimately pardoned

The Stones used Drake Ventures to transfer $140,000 to Attorney's Preferred Title Inc. in February 2019 as a down payment to purchase their home and would deposit numerous checks naming Roger Stone as payee into Drake Ventures' accounts.

'They used Drake Ventures to receive payments that are payable to Roger Stone personally, pay their personal expenses, shield their assets, and avoid reporting taxable income to the IRS,' the suit reads.

Stone, a longtime friend to former president Donald Trump, briefly served as his campaign adviser. 

He was was convicted by a federal jury in Washington on seven counts of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice and witness tampering in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into 2016 election interference.  

Trump commuted Stone's sentence in July 2020 and granted him a presidential pardon in December, letting him avoid a 40-month prison sentence.

Stone said in a statement to CNN on Friday that 'the governments statement is preposterous.' 

'They are well aware that my two year struggle against the Epically corrupt Mueller investigation has left my wife and I on the verge of bankruptcy,' Stone said, though the missing tax payments happened well before his legal woes.

'I have continued to eke out a living through my company Drake Ventures. To describe my current lifestyle as 'lavish' will be proved to be ridiculous in court. The political motivation of the DOJ Will be abundantly clear at trial.' 

Roger Stone sued by the Justice Department for failing to pay 'nearly $2 million in taxes' to the IRS and asked to pay the money 'with interest'

Roger Stone sued by the Justice Department for failing to pay 'nearly $2 million in taxes' to the IRS and asked to pay the money 'with interest'

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