A Florida woman has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for helping her family hide nearly $100 million from the federal government. Gilda Rosenberg of Golden Beach, Miami-Dade County, was convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States by hiding income in undeclared foreign bank accounts, filing false tax returns, and evading taxes, among other charges.
Court documents reveal Rosenberg, a dual U.S. and Colombian citizen, worked with family members to conceal over $90 million in income and assets in offshore accounts located in Andorra, Israel, Panama, and Switzerland. The family had used offshore accounts since the 1970s, and Rosenberg became an authorized signer on some accounts by the 1990s. She knowingly failed to disclose these accounts or pay taxes on the income generated. The family moved assets to various foreign banks in the 2000s to avoid IRS detection. Rosenberg was listed as the beneficial owner of accounts in Switzerland and Andorra and signed false documents claiming she was only Colombian, not American. In 2017, they attempted to evade taxes further by splitting assets and using fake loans and investment documents to disguise transfers as legitimate business transactions. The scheme resulted in a tax loss exceeding $1.9 million to the U.S. between 2009 and 2017. Rosenberg has agreed to pay restitution and a $5.8 million penalty to resolve related civil liabilities.