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Accountant Lied, Could Get 30 Years
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Published: October 9, 2008
TAMPA - An accountant pleaded guilty today to lying to the Bank of Tampa to obtain more than $230,000 in commercial loans for his business.
Jose I. Roman, 44, of Tampa, could face a maximum possible sentence of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine for the charge of making false statements to a bank, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
An accountant in private practice, Roman submitted information overstating his clients' assets or understating their liabilities, and submitted bogus tax returns with overstated income entries, to influence the bank to issue the loans.
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