U.S. Attorney’s Office

District of Arizona

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, April 2, 2021

Tax Fugitive Sentenced and Fined

PHOENIX, Ariz. – On Wednesday, Kevin Scott Wynn, 59, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 46 months in prison. The Court also imposed a fine of $7,500 on Wynn. Wynn was previously found guilty by a jury of tax evasion and failure to file tax returns in December 2019.

The sentence included an upward adjustment for obstruction of justice: Wynn withdrew $1,500,000 in cash from his business bank account in thirteen separate transactions in the first several months of 2020, and subsequently cut his ankle monitor and fled Arizona before a scheduled sentencing hearing. He was apprehended by Mexican law enforcement authorities in Mexico City in August and deported back to the United States. Upon release from prison, Wynn will be placed on supervised release for three years. As a condition of supervision, he will be required to pay more than $700,000 in back taxes as restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.

Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation conducted the underlying investigation, and the United States Marshals Service led the fugitive apprehension efforts. Assistant United States Attorneys Gary M. Restaino and James R. Knapp handled the prosecution.

CASE NUMBER: CR-18-1649-PHX-SMB

RELEASE NUMBER: 2021-020_Wynn

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Topic(s):

Tax

Component(s):

USAO - Arizona

Press Release Number:

2021-020_Wynn

Updated April 2, 2021

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Conclusion

As the use of cryptocurrency evolves and expands, so too will opportunities to commit crime and to do harm by exploiting cryptocurrency technology. Every day, criminals expand and perfect techniques designed to evade detection and apprehension. Ultimately, illicit uses of cryptocurrency threaten not just public safety, but national security, as well. For example, cryptocurrency can provide terrorist organizations a tool to circumvent traditional financial institutions in order to obtain, transfer, and use funds to advance their missions. Current terrorist use of cryptocurrency may represent the first raindrops of an oncoming storm of expanded use that could challenge the ability of the United States and its allies to disrupt financial resources that would enable terrorist organizations to more successfully execute their deadly missions or to expand their influence.

Likewise, cryptocurrency presents a troubling new opportunity for individuals and rogue states to avoid international sanctions and to undermine traditional financial markets,

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thereby harming the interests of the United States and its allies.

Despite the many challenges, the Department of Justice has aggressively investigated and prosecuted a range of malign actors who have used cryptocurrencies to facilitate or to conceal their illicit activities. Similarly, the Department has brought actions against individuals and companies that have failed to meet their legal obligations to counter illicit activity. In particular cases, we have even proceeded against the illicit cryptocurrency itself, seizing those virtual assets and removing them from the stream of international commerce, irrespective of our ability to identify or to apprehend the actors who used them. This essential work will continue, as the Department seeks to ensure that uses of cryptocurrency adhere to the law and are compatible with the protection of public safety and national security.

The Department of Justice, however, cannot achieve success on its own. We recognize the importance of working with interagency and

international partners to enhance an already vigorous enforcement plan, regulatory scheme, and policy framework to thwart the opportunities created by cryptocurrency for criminals, terrorists, and other bad actors. The Department is committed to strengthening its key partnerships by promoting law enforcement awareness and expertise; by fostering cooperation with State authorities; by enhancing international cooperation; by promoting comprehensive, consistent international regulation; and by conducting private sector education and outreach.

To promote public safety and protect national security, all stakeholders—from private industry to regulators, elected officials, and individual cryptocurrency users—will need to take steps to ensure cryptocurrency is not used as a platform for illegality. Indeed, for cryptocurrency to realize its truly transformative potential, it is imperative that these risks be addressed.

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