Beeson Alleged To Have Stolen Thousands From Employee’s FICA, Social Security Withholdings
June 25, 2019 at 1:55 a.m.
By Amanda Bridgman-
Beeson, 74, of 2914 Maple Court, Bremen, was arrested Thursday on one charge of theft, a Level 6 felony.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed in Kosciusko Superior III Court June 18, Beeson's former employee went to Warsaw Police Department to speak to an officer. The employee told WPD Det. Jeffrey Ticknor she was employed by Beeson from 2007 through 2018 and that taxes and Social Security withholdings from her paychecks for that time period were never paid to the Internal Revenue Service or to Social Security. She provided documentation of the withholdings for Federal Income Contributions Act taxes to police.
FICA is the federal law that requires employers to withhold three separate taxes from the wages employees are paid. FICA is comprised of the following taxes: 6.2% Social Security tax; 1.45% Medicare tax; and since 2013, a 0.9% Medicare surtax when the employee earns over $200,000.
According to the employee’s documents, her FICA from 2007 through 2018 totaled $12,090.81. The amount of withholdings between 2015 through and including 2018 totaled $5,546.85. This money was withheld but never paid to the federal government, the probable cause affidavit states.
The employee also provided police with documentation of withholdings of federal taxes not being paid to the IRS for the time period of 2007 through and including 2018 in the amount of $13,457.25. The amount of withholdings and not paid to the IRS from the time period of 2015 through and including 2018 is $8,970.05.
The employee provided police with her Social Security benefits form that showed no Social Security was paid into her benefits for the time she worked for Beeson.
The total amount of unreported monies by Beeson totals $40,064.96. Beeson's count becomes a felony when a theft is valued at least $750 and less than $50,000.
The employee told Ticknor she confronted Beeson about him not paying the IRS and he admitted he had not paid them. When Ticknor spoke with Beeson, the probable cause affidavit states, Beeson admitted he had not paid them but said he has an appointment with the IRS in the near future.
Beeson's attorney, Antony Garza, could not be reached for comment.
Beeson, who practiced law in Warsaw for nearly 50 years, resigned in February from the Indiana Bar Association after he faced an investigation by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission. The investigation stems from a 2013 Indiana Professional Conduct Rules violation in which Beeson notarized the signature on a guardianship consent form even though he did not witness the signing. Beeson's resignation stopped the investigation into his conduct, and if Beeson chooses to petition for reinstatement to the Indiana Bar after five years has passed, the investigation will resume.
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Beeson, 74, of 2914 Maple Court, Bremen, was arrested Thursday on one charge of theft, a Level 6 felony.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed in Kosciusko Superior III Court June 18, Beeson's former employee went to Warsaw Police Department to speak to an officer. The employee told WPD Det. Jeffrey Ticknor she was employed by Beeson from 2007 through 2018 and that taxes and Social Security withholdings from her paychecks for that time period were never paid to the Internal Revenue Service or to Social Security. She provided documentation of the withholdings for Federal Income Contributions Act taxes to police.
FICA is the federal law that requires employers to withhold three separate taxes from the wages employees are paid. FICA is comprised of the following taxes: 6.2% Social Security tax; 1.45% Medicare tax; and since 2013, a 0.9% Medicare surtax when the employee earns over $200,000.
According to the employee’s documents, her FICA from 2007 through 2018 totaled $12,090.81. The amount of withholdings between 2015 through and including 2018 totaled $5,546.85. This money was withheld but never paid to the federal government, the probable cause affidavit states.
The employee also provided police with documentation of withholdings of federal taxes not being paid to the IRS for the time period of 2007 through and including 2018 in the amount of $13,457.25. The amount of withholdings and not paid to the IRS from the time period of 2015 through and including 2018 is $8,970.05.
The employee provided police with her Social Security benefits form that showed no Social Security was paid into her benefits for the time she worked for Beeson.
The total amount of unreported monies by Beeson totals $40,064.96. Beeson's count becomes a felony when a theft is valued at least $750 and less than $50,000.
The employee told Ticknor she confronted Beeson about him not paying the IRS and he admitted he had not paid them. When Ticknor spoke with Beeson, the probable cause affidavit states, Beeson admitted he had not paid them but said he has an appointment with the IRS in the near future.
Beeson's attorney, Antony Garza, could not be reached for comment.
Beeson, who practiced law in Warsaw for nearly 50 years, resigned in February from the Indiana Bar Association after he faced an investigation by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission. The investigation stems from a 2013 Indiana Professional Conduct Rules violation in which Beeson notarized the signature on a guardianship consent form even though he did not witness the signing. Beeson's resignation stopped the investigation into his conduct, and if Beeson chooses to petition for reinstatement to the Indiana Bar after five years has passed, the investigation will resume.
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