Hollywood Man Gets 5 Years for Filing Bogus Claims for COVID-Related Tax Credits

Kevin Gregory claimed employee-retention tax credits for a fake farming-and-transportation company in Beverly Hills.

The Los Angeles County Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles on Jan. 11, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A federal judge sentenced a Hollywood man to nearly five years in prison May 22 after he pleaded guilty to claiming more than $65 million in COVID-19 tax credits for a fictional farming business, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.

Kevin J. Gregory, 57, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton, who also ordered him to pay nearly $2.8 million in restitution.