What started as a suburban garage-door business in St. Louis Park is now at the center of a massive tax case, with prosecutors accusing a Plymouth man and his wife of stiffing the state out of more than $2 million over several years.
The husband, described in court documents as the sole owner of the garage-door company, is charged with 32 felony tax counts. His 37-year-old wife is charged with 12 felony counts, according to the criminal complaints. Prosecutors allege that from 2019 through 2024 the couple failed to file multiple years of tax returns and racked up unpaid individual, corporate and sales taxes.
According to CBS Minnesota, the complaints peg the alleged shortfall at roughly $813,000 in unpaid individual income taxes, about $921,415 in corporate franchise taxes linked to the business, and another $289,000 in unreported sales and use taxes. Investigators were told the Minnesota Department of Revenue had been working through the couple's tax attorney and, since January 2021, had sent at least 25 filing-demand notices to the garage-door company.
What prosecutors allege
Prosecutors say the couple blurred the line between business and personal life in a big way, alleging in the complaints that company accounts were used for personal spending and that the businesses were treated as "their own personal bank accounts," as reported by CBS Minnesota.
Court filings further allege that the company holds title to three vehicles used by the pair, that the husband never voluntarily filed individual income tax returns, and that two LLCs tied to him were dissolved in January 2025 without filing required tax returns.
State enforcement and penalties
The case lands at a time when the Minnesota Department of Revenue is stepping up criminal referrals in metro-area tax cases as part of a broader effort to tighten compliance. In a July 14 release, the Minnesota Department of Revenue noted that each tax-related felony count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The agency also said it has recovered nearly $2 billion through enforcement efforts since 2022.
What happens next
The charges are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until guilt is proven in court. The case will now move through Hennepin County's criminal calendar, where prosecutors can pursue restitution and tap state collection tools if there is a conviction or if civil tax liability is ultimately established.
