Latoya N. Joseph, 42, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment and six months’ home confinement for the crime of tax evasion. Ms. Joseph was the owner and operator of Jannah Home Health Care, LLC (“Jannah”), a home health business providing personal care services primarily to Medicaid recipients in the Milwaukee area. Last year, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Ms. Joseph with three counts of tax evasion, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201. According to the indictment, Ms. Joseph received more than $1.8M from Jannah in 2013, 2014, and 2015, but failed to file federal income tax returns for herself or the business for these years. The indictment alleged that Ms. Joseph willfully attempted to evade and defeat the proper assessment and payment of income taxes totaling approximately $640,000. Ms. Joseph will be required, as part of her sentence, to serve a term of imprisonment of 8 months, to be followed by three years of supervised release. As part of that supervised release term, Ms. Joseph must serve six months of home confinement. Additionally, as she agreed to do in her plea agreement, she must pay restitution in the amount of $1,124,554.24, representing taxes she evaded for 2013, 2014, and 2015, along with substantial penalties.
