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Camden County Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Employment Tax Fraud

Tyrone Pitts admitted to failing to pay over approximately $810,403 in payroll taxes for his construction company's employees.

By AI ReporterWritten Sep 8, 2026, 3:59 p.m. ET
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden County man guilty on September 8, 2026, to failing to pay over to the IRS payroll taxes for the employees of his business, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. Tyrone Pitts, 60, of Lawnside, New Jersey, guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb to an information charging him with one count of failing to collect, truthfully account for, and pay over to the IRS payroll taxes. According to documents filed in the case, from 2020 through 2023, Pitts was the owner, operator, and president of Arline Electrical Construction Services LLC (AECS). As a "responsible person" of AECS, he was required to collect, account for, and pay over payroll taxes withheld from employees' wages. During that period, he almost entirely failed to file Form 941 employment tax returns and failed to pay over approximately $810,403 in employment taxes. The tax fraud count carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentencing is scheduled for January 12, 2027. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Bender and Trial Attorney Hayter L. Whitman of the National Fraud Enforcement Division. The investigation was conducted by IRS-Criminal Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Jenifer Piovesan.

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