A federal grand jury in Florida has indicted Jacksonville Beach dentist Jon Christopher Williams on 16 tax-related counts, including income tax evasion, failure to pay employment taxes, and obstructing internal revenue laws.
United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced the charges against Williams, who faces sixteen counts in total: four counts of attempting to evade individual income taxes, eleven counts of failing to withhold and pay employment taxes, and one count of endeavoring to obstruct the administration of internal revenue laws.
According to court records, Williams filed annual personal income tax returns and paid the associated taxes from 2002 through 2012. While he requested filing extensions for tax years 2013 and 2014, prosecutors allege he never filed returns for those years or any subsequent year.
The indictment states that between 2020 and 2023, Williams failed to report approximately $3,371,657 in gross income generated by his dental practice, resulting in unpaid personal taxes totaling roughly $1,079,136.
Prosecutors also allege that Williams stopped paying payroll-related taxes a decade ago. Although he previously submitted employment tax returns and payments from 2008 to 2013, he allegedly ceased filing them after 2013. For the period spanning the second quarter of 2020 through the fourth quarter of 2022, the indictment alleges Williams failed to report and turn over $133,360 in employment taxes to the IRS.
The obstruction count stems from Williams’ alleged response after learning about the criminal probe. Court documents indicate Williams became aware of the investigation on Oct. 21, 2021, when he was served with an IRS summons.
Between November 2021 and May 2024, Williams allegedly sent a series of letters and emails aimed at halting the probe. The recipients included the investigating IRS agent, her supervisor, the IRS Commissioner, an IRS District Director, the Secretary of the Treasury, the U.S. Attorney General, a Florida congressional representative, and both of Florida’s U.S. senators.
In those communications, Williams claimed the agent’s actions were causing him “harm, injury and loss,” demanded she “cease and desist,” and stated she could be held personally liable. He issued invoices demanding $525,000 from the agent, the IRS, the Department of the Treasury, and the Attorney General.
In one message, Williams wrote that officials could “avoid paying the invoices by the immediate termination of [the agent] from her current position of employment, along with her prevention from working at any other agency of the US government.”
He also offered to resolve the situation, writing: “A simple note from you, or your superiors, stating that I, and anyone associated with me, are no longer under investigation and that no further action will be taken against me, my coworkers, or my loved ones, as there is no evidence of any criminal intent to commit a crime, will suffice.”
If convicted, Williams faces up to five years in federal prison for each count of tax evasion and failure to pay employment taxes. The obstruction charge carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
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