More charges against Jerry Ruzicka and Scott Nelson filed in $20M Starkey Laboratories fraud case

New federal charges in the Starkey Laboratories fraud case add charges of filing false tax returns against two former company officers.

The charges appeared in a superseding indictment Wednesday that tacked on four new criminal counts to the 30 previously filed against three former Starkey executives and two Starkey associates with large reputations in the world of hearing aid manufacturers.

Adding to fraud and embezzlement charges filed in September, fired Starkey president Jerry Ruzicka was charged with significantly under-reporting his income on tax returns filed in 2010 and 2014. Court documents said his “adjusted gross income was substantially in excess” of the $782,693 he reported in 2010 and the $1.721 million he claimed in 2014.

Fired Starkey chief financial officer Scott Nelson is accused of reporting $567.979 on his 2014 return, much less than his real income, the documents said.

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