Opinion
Case No. 2:16-cv-03506 -ODW (FFMx)
03-21-2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ASHISH PATEL, Defendant.
EILEEN M. DECKER United States Attorney THOMAS D. COKER Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Tax Division CHARLES PARKER (Cal. Bar No. 283078) Assistant United States Attorney 300 N. Los Angeles Street Federal Building, Suite 7211 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Telephone: (213) 894-2740 Facsimile: (213) 894-0115 Email: charles.parker@usdoj.gov Attorneys for the United States of America
EILEEN M. DECKER
United States Attorney
THOMAS D. COKER
Assistant United States Attorney
Chief, Tax Division
CHARLES PARKER (Cal. Bar No. 283078)
Assistant United States Attorney
300 N. Los Angeles Street
Federal Building, Suite 7211
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Telephone: (213) 894-2740
Facsimile: (213) 894-0115
Email: charles.parker@usdoj.gov Attorneys for the United States of America JUDGMENT
Pursuant to the stipulation between plaintiff United States of America ("United States") and defendant Ashish Patel ("Defendant"), and for good cause appearing: // // //
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that:
1. Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 5321(a)(5)(B), which provides for a penalty to be applied where a person's failure to file a Report of Foreign and Financial Accounts ("FBAR") is not willful, defendant Ashish Patel is personally liable and indebted to the United States of America for the FBAR penalty assessments for the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, in the amount of $50,068, plus statutory interest accruing from the date of assessment on May 23, 2014, as provided by law, until such obligation is paid in full.
2. Defendant Ashish Patel is personally liable and indebted to the United States of America for the failure-to-pay the assessed FBAR penalty, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3717(e)(2), as provided by law. Date: March 21, 2017
/s/_________
OTIS D. WRIGHT, II
United States District Judge Respectfully presented, EILEEN M. DECKER
United States Attorney
THOMAS D. COKER
Assistant United States Attorney
Chief, Tax Division /s/_________
CHARLES PARKER
Assistant United States Attorney
Attorneys for the United States of America