BURLINGTON, ON, Jan. 12, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ - The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced today that Thaddeus Danek (Danek), also known as Ted Danek or Thaddeusz Danek, of Burlington, Ontario, was sentenced on January 11, 2023, to 36 months in jail for fraud over $5,000 under the Criminal Code. Mr. Danek was also fined a total of $728,129. The fine represents 100% of the amount of Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) claims Mr. Danek unlawfully obtained as refunds. Mr. Danek pleaded guilty on September 6, 2022, in the Burlington Court House, to three counts of fraud over $5,000 under the Criminal Code, on behalf of himself and his company, 1898593 Ontario Inc. (the corporation).
A CRA investigation revealed that Mr. Danek provided transportation services to various companies in Ontario. Mr. Danek had registered four GST/HST accounts to his name as a sole proprietor, and had also created two GST/HST accounts for the corporation of which he was the sole owner and shareholder. Over a 57 month period, from January 1, 2011 to September 30, 2015, Mr. Danek made false statements on 169 GST/HST returns for his four sole proprietor accounts. Mr. Danek thereby unlawfully obtained or attempted to obtain $788,912 in GST/HST refunds.
Additionally, over a six-month period, from March 18, 2015 to September 30, 2015, Mr. Danek made false statements on 14 GST/HST returns filed for two GST/HST accounts belonging to the corporation, attempting to obtain $36,878 in GST/HST...
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