A Burnaby resident dubbed the “bedroom dentist” who was convicted of running an illegal dentistry practice has pleaded guilty to tax evasion, the Canada Revenue Agency said Thursday.
Tung Sheng Wu pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion and was ordered in Vancouver Provincial Court Wednesday to pay fines totaling $33,000.
The fines represent 75 per cent of the federal income taxes evaded.
In November, Wu turned himself in to Toronto police after he was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. He had been sentenced to three months in jail last year after a judge convicted the 62-year-old man of contempt of court for ignoring a 2003 court order to stop practising dentistry without a licence.
Wu didn’t show up for that court hearing so he was convicted in absentia and was the subject of a Canada-wide warrant.
Last May, the college uncovered an illegal dental operation in the Vancouver-area and warned hundreds of people to get tested for blood-borne illnesses such as hepatitis and HIV.
The college believes Wu performed dental work on more than 450 people.
CRA investigators say Wu failed to report income from this illegal dental practice for the 2009 through 2012 taxation years totaling $237,600.
The amounts were calculated using Wu’s patient charts, which recorded both the dental treatment provided and the amount he charged to the patient, as well as when the patients paid him, the agency said.
