Sewell man pleads guilty to avoiding taxes on business revenue for 7 years

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A Gloucester County man has pleaded guilty in federal court to tax evasion charges. Jose Camilo Perez Jr., 54, of Sewell controlled a company that digitized medical records for health care organizations and made $8 million from 2016 through 2023, but he didn’t claim any income from the business. Federal investigators say he would cash checks at check cashing businesses rather than depositing in the bank, then used the cash for payroll and personal expenses. The feds say this amounted to a $3.4 million in taxes that weren’t paid. Perez now faces up to five years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for May.