MIAMI – Peter Thomas, a Jamaican-American entrepreneur principally identified for his time on Bravo TV’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” was happy with Bar One Miami Seashore at The Bentley Bay Condominiums.
It opened in 2019 however the enterprise devolved right into a $505,000 eviction nightmare in a number of years and it was later a part of the case that may power him to give up to federal jail earlier than July.
Thomas later admitted to evading $2.5 million in employment taxes. Information present federal investigators discovered proof that Thomas had deducted earnings tax, Social Safety, and Medicare from the payroll and pocketed the cash.
According to federal prosecutors in North Carolina, Thomas was residing in Miami when he pleaded responsible in July to failing to account for and pay over to the Inside Income Service the belief fund taxes due on behalf of his staff.
As an alternative of paying the IRS, prosecutors alleged he was “motivated by greed” to spend his staff’ payroll taxes to “prop up” his failing enterprise ventures and to buy at Givenchy, Prada, Louis Vuitton, and Nieman Marcus.
U.S. District Decide Kenneth D. Bell Sr. just lately sentenced Thomas to 18 months in jail and a two-year probation. He additionally ordered him to pay restitution. Earlier this 12 months, Thomas was arrested for driving underneath the affect in Georgia’s Cobb County.
Thomas appeared on the RHOA whereas married to Cynthia Bailey, a mannequin who joined “The Real Housewives” franchise in 2010. The couple divorced in 2017 earlier than she was on the “Final Women Journey” spinoff and described Thomas as a good friend.
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