A parking lot owner was ordered to begin serving a 525-day jail sentence Thursday for tax fraud stemming from his failure to pay the city of Los Angeles more than $6,600 in back taxes and restitution, authorities said.
The city obtained a judgment in a separate civil case that required the owner to pay more than $4 million.
Sohrab Sahab, 49, who owns Prestige Parking, was convicted in 2009 of 295 criminal counts related to tax fraud, including 135 counts of failing to pay parking occupancy taxes, the Los Angeles city attorney's office said.
The city attorney's office said it was granted a motion in Superior Court ordering Sahab to start serving his jail sentence.
At one time, Prestige Parking was listed as the city's top debtor for failing to pay millions of dollars in parking occupancy and business taxes, plus penalties and interest, the city attorney's office said in a statement.
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