OAKLAND — A federal judge sentenced a Berkeley resident to one year in federal prison Tuesday for committing employment tax crimes, authorities said.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White handed the sentence down to Larry Kudsk following his guilty plea in August to one count of willfully failing to pay over employment taxes, U.S. Attorney Ismail Ramsey of the Northern District of California said in a statement. A federal grand jury indicted Kudsk in February 2022.According to Ramsey and court records, Kudsk operated two construction businesses — Kudsk Construction Inc., and M. Gutierrez Inc.
Kudsk was responsible for filing quarterly employment tax returns on both businesses, Ramsey said, as well as collecting and paying to the IRS employment taxes withheld from employees’ wages.