A Maryland attorney, James McCollum Jr., pleaded guilty to not paying employment taxes withheld from the employees of his law firm and not filing his own individual income tax returns, the Justice Department announced Monday.
According to the DOJ, McCollum was the sole proprietor of a law firm based in College Park, Md., which he operated under various business names from 1998 to 2024. Despite being responsible for withholding and paying over Social Security, Medicare, and federal income taxes from his employees’ wages, McCollum frequently failed to do so, accumulating at least approximately $2.1 million in unpaid employment taxes ...
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