Kings Mountain Man Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — A Kings Mountain man who set up straw companies to evade income taxes and used the cash from his business to build an underground bunker pleaded guilty to tax evasion and possession of an unregistered firearm.

Reuben Dehaan, 44, owned a holistic medicine business which he operated out of his residence in Kings Mountain under the names Health Care Ministries International Inc. and Get Well Stay Well.

DeHaan admitted that he set up straw companies and opened bank accounts in the name of the companies to hide his income and assets from the IRS.

During the years of 2008 through 2014, DeHaan claimed he earned more than $2.7M in gross receipts from his holistic medicine business but failed to file income tax returns for those years and evaded approximately $740,000 in income taxes due and owing.

In additional to the tax evasion charge, DeHaan also admitted to possessing a short barrel rifle and two silencers that were not registered to him.

He has not been sentenced at this time.