{"id":806,"date":"2019-09-17T15:56:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T15:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2019\/09\/17\/2019917government-requests-prison-sentence-for-ray-and-mikes-owner\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:29:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:29:10","slug":"2019917government-requests-prison-sentence-for-ray-and-mikes-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2019\/09\/17\/2019917government-requests-prison-sentence-for-ray-and-mikes-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"Government requests prison sentence for Ray & Mike\u2019s owner"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Nick Slater<\/p>\n

In its sentencing memorandum, the government asked Chief Judge Stefan R. Underhill to impose a period of incarceration on Ray George, who pleaded guilty<\/span><\/a> to tax evasion in May.<\/p>\n

George is facing between 12 and 18 months in prison, a fine between $5,000 and $55,000 and up to three years of supervised release, according to the memorandum<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n

The government\u2019s request is that George receives a period of incarceration of up to 15 months. Additionally, the government is asking that George pays full restitution for the taxes he failed to report in addition to a period of supervised release after prison. <\/p>\n

\u201cGeorge\u2019s crime was certainly not a crime borne of necessity,\u201d the prosecutors wrote in the government sentencing memorandum.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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George, 53, pleaded guilty to tax evasion in May. The deli owner could be facing over a year in prison after failing to report $638,170 in earnings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The government pointed out in the memorandum that the Ray & Mike\u2019s owner is a multi-millionaire with an investment portfolio worth over $3 million. George\u2019s real-estate and rental holdings are worth over $1.7 million. Ray & Mike\u2019s Deli<\/span><\/a> was also valued at over $500,000, according to the memorandum.<\/p>\n

The memorandum also states that George\u2019s net worth is $4.3 million. The government uses all of these figures to demonstrate how George\u2019s \u201cscheme\u201d was deliberate and not borne of the need for cash.<\/p>\n

The government argues in the memorandum, that a prison sentence for George would not cause Ray & Mike\u2019s to close. The prosecutors suggest that George could make arrangements to keep the deli open. <\/p>\n

These suggestions include hiring new employees to act as managers or promoting a current employee to act as a manager. Either of these options, according to the government, could be paid for by George\u2019s $240,000 salary.<\/p>\n

The government uses the extended duration of George\u2019s offense as grounds for incarceration. <\/p>\n

\u201c[George\u2019s] crime was not one of limited duration,\u201d the memorandum states.<\/p>\n

During the 2012 and 2013 tax years, George failed to report $638,170, according to the memorandum, which resulted in a tax loss of $220,663. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf tax evaders were to face no real incarceration, then criminal tax fraud would amount to basically a loan from the Government,\u201d the prosecutors wrote.<\/p>\n

George is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 17. Stay with HQ Press for updates on George\u2019s sentence. <\/p>\n

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The government is seeking up to 15 months in prison for Ray George, owner of the Whitney Avenue staple, Ray & Mike\u2019s Dairy and Deli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,142,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hamden","category-homepage","category-quinnipiac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1847,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions\/1847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}