Church of God minister Ron Weinland indicted for tax evasion

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CINCINNATI, Ohio -- News outlets including a Fox News-affiliated television station reported in November 2011 that a federal grand jury in Covington, Ky., indicted a Church of God minister, Ronald E. Weinland, on 5 counts of tax evasion. The indictment alleges Mr. Weinland, 62, attempted to evade taxes in the amount of $357,065 over a period of five years starting in 2005.

The indictment followed an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service. A grand jury in Covington indicted Weinland after the case was presented to them by the U.S. Attorney. Mr. Weinland faces up to 5 years in prison.

Mr. Weinland is a minister of the Church of God Preparing for the Kingdom of God (CGPKG).

The Journal sent Pastor General Weinland three E-mails to invite him to comment for this article but received no response.

According to the CGPKG's Web site, Mr. Weinland believes Jesus Christ will return on May 27, 2012

The five counts Mr. Weinland was charged with are:

On or about April 15, 2005, in Boone County, in the Eastern District of Kentucky, RONALD E. WEINLAND did willfully attempt to evade and defeat the payment of a large part of the income tax and owing by him to the United States of America for the calendar year 2004, in the amount of $28,391.58, by filing a false income tax return, by underreporting his income, and using COG contributions for personal use and not reporting the funds as income on tax return, by failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank regarding an account in tax returns, and by failing to report any of the interest made on the foreign account as income, all in violation of 26 U.S.c. § 7201.
On or about April 15,2006, in Boone County, in the Eastern District of Kentucky, RONALD E. WEINLAND did willfully attempt to evade and defeat the payment of a large part of the income tax due and owing by him to the United States of America for the calendar year 2005, in the amount of $46,116.03, by filing a false income tax return, by underreporting his income, and using COG contributions for personal use and not reporting the funds as income on his tax return, by failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank regarding an account in Switzerland, by failing to report the existence of that foreign account on the Schedule B of his income tax returns, and by failing to report any of the interest made on the foreign account as income, all in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201.

On or about April 15,2007, in Boone County, in the Eastern District of Kentucky, RONALD E. WEINLAND did willfully attempt to evade and defeat the payment of a large part of the income tax and owing by him to the United States of America for the calendar year 2006, in the amount of $31,157.94, by filing a false income tax return, by underreporting his income, tax return, by failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank regarding an account in by failing to report the existence of that foreign account on the Schedule B of his income tax returns, and by failing to report any of the interest made on the foreign account as income, all in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201.
On or about April 15, 2008, in Boone County, in the Eastern District of Kentucky, RONALD E. WEINLAND did willfully attempt to evade and defeat the payment of a large part of the income tax due and owing by him to the United States of America for the calendar year 2007, in the amount of $118,375.82, by filing a false income tax return, by underreporting his income, and using COG contributions for personal use and not reporting the funds as income on his tax return, by failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank regarding an account in Switzerland, by failing to report the existence of that foreign account on the Schedule B of his income tax returns, and by failing to report any of the interest made on the foreign account as income, all in violation of 26 U.S.c. § 7201.
On or about October 15, 2009, in Boone County, in the Eastern District of Kentucky, RONALD E. WEINLAND due and owing by him to the United States of America for the calendar year 2008, in the amount of $133,023.91, by failing to file income tax return, using COG contributions for personal use and not reporting the funds as income on his tax return, by failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank regarding an account in Switzerland, by failing to report the existence of that foreign account on the Schedule B of his income tax returns, and by failing to report any of the interest made on the foreign account as income, all in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201.

An official copy of the indictment can be viewed on the Google docs Web site. Additional news sources that have reported on this story include the Federal Tax Crimes Blog, Fox 19, Cincinnati Community Press and Kentucky.com.