Derek Chauvin, the Ex Minneapolis Police officer charged with second-degree murder in the killing of George Floyd, has been charged with nine felony counts of aiding and abetting tax fraud in Washington County, Minn.
According to criminal complaints that allege he and his wife didn’t report income from various jobs,
including more than $95,000 for his off-duty security work.
Derek Chauvin and his wife, Kellie May Chauvin, were each charged in Washington County with six counts of aiding and abetting filing false or fraudulent tax returns in the state of Minnesota and three counts of aiding and abetting failing to file state tax returns.
Hence, The complaints allege that from 2014 through 2019, the Chauvin’s under-reported their joint income by $464,433.
With unpaid taxes, interest, and fees, they now owe $37,868 to the state.
Imran Ali, a Washington County prosecutor, said the charges relate only to tax irregularities in the state of Minnesota, not federal taxes or taxes in Florida, where the couple has a second home.
He said the amount of unpaid taxes could increase, as the investigation is ongoing.
Chauvin is in custody on the charges in the Floyd case.
Also, Kellie Chauvin, who filed for divorce after Floyd’s death, was not in custody Wednesday.
Online court records didn’t list attorneys for either in the tax evasion case, and a call to Kellie Chauvin did not go through.
Her divorce attorney did not return a call seeking comment. Eric Nelson, Derek Chauvin’s attorney on the murder charges, had no comment Wednesday.
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