Jonathan Mann, a business owner from Vidalia, Georgia, was sentenced to one year in federal prison for filing a false tax-related document for the 2018 tax year. The sentencing took place on September 18, 2025, before U.S. District Court Judge J. Randal Hall in the Southern District of Georgia.
Mann pled guilty in April 2025 to failing to report $266,048 in income earned by his construction business between 2017 and 2019. According to court records presented at sentencing, he did not inform his tax preparer about this income and either deposited the checks into his bank account or cashed them directly at the issuing banks. As a result, Mann paid $84,638 less in federal income taxes over three years.
In addition to his prison sentence, Mann was ordered to serve one year of supervised release after incarceration and pay $84,638 in restitution corresponding to the unpaid taxes. There is no parole available in the federal system.
Margaret E. Heap, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, commented on the case: "My office is committed to pursuing individuals that knowingly seek to avoid contributing their share of federal taxes and instead shifting to their fellow citizens the burden of keeping our government functioning."
The investigation was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations Division. Assistant United States Attorney John P. Harper III prosecuted the case.