The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announces that Wayne Kendall Jr. of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, was sentenced on October 20, 2023, at the Trois-Rivières Courthouse, to an 18-month prison sentence, followed by a two-year probation. Mr. Kendall Jr. pleaded guilty on March 10, 2023, of making false or deceptive statements and forgery.
A CRA investigation revealed that, from 2015 to 2018, Mr. Kendall Jr. fraudulently obtained more than $377,000 by submitting false claims for tax credits and benefits. He impersonated 18 different individuals in order to claim tax credits and benefits for a total of 61 fictitious children, and then deposited the money in various bank accounts he had opened under false identities.
Mr. Kendall Jr. took advantage of his employment with the CRA to illegally obtain the data of the impersonated identities, but he was no longer employed by the CRA when he carried out the scheme.
All case-specific information above was obtained from the court records.
Tax evasion is a crime. Falsifying records and claims, wilfully not reporting income, or inflating expenses can lead to criminal charges, prosecution, court imposed fines, jail time, and a criminal record. From April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023, there were 31 convictions, with court imposed fines totalling $6,925,440. These taxpayers were sentenced for wilfully evading payment amounts totalling $8,142,512 in federal tax. Out of the 31 convictions, 12 individuals were sent to jail for a total of 32.7 years.
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