In 2021, Ali Kassem Kain, a businessman from Northville, was accused of committing millions of dollars worth of tax fraud. The allegations claimed that Kain had filed false tax documents related to his business, which facilitated the shipping of vehicles abroad. Additionally, he was said to have neglected to pay employment taxes for his company’s employees.
According to authorities, Kain misrepresented the business’s gross receipts by several million dollars between 2017 and 2020 on corporate returns. Furthermore, he allegedly underreported his personal income on tax returns. Court documents indicated that Kain withheld Social Security, Medicare, and federal income taxes from his employees’ wages but failed to remit these funds to the IRS.
The IRS estimated that Kain’s actions resulted in a tax loss of nearly $5 million. As a result, Kain was charged with 15 counts of failing to collect and pay over employment taxes and eight counts of filing false tax returns. If found guilty, he could face a maximum sentence of 99 years in jail.