An OnlyFans creator who raked in more than $5.4million (£4million) online has been jailed for filing a false tax return.
Kylie Perez, better known online as Natalie Monroe, has been sentenced to a year behind bars after admitting the federal tax offence.
The creator, who boasts more than 2.8million Instagram followers, earned millions through her social media accounts, largely from OnlyFans.
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But despite her huge earnings, prosecutors said Perez engaged in a scheme to evade tax by filing a false return for 2019.
Court records also reportedly show she failed to pay at least $1.5million (£1.1million) in taxes owed between 2020 and 2023, as reported by Need To Know.
The US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida said Perez earned more than $5.4million from her social media accounts between 2019 and 2023.
Perez, from Tampa, Florida, US, pleaded guilty on 20 May before being sentenced on 20 August to one year in federal prison.
She will then serve a further year of supervised release.
The criminal investigation was led by the Internal Revenue Service and Perez was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Merrilyn E. Hoenemeyer.
US District Judge Thomas P. Barber handed down the sentence.
US Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe said: “Evading the payment of owed income tax is a violation of our federal tax laws.
“We will continue to prosecute those who purposely commit these crimes.”
Ron Loecker, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation’s Florida Field Office, said: “When someone chooses personal luxury over meeting their tax obligations, the consequences are inevitable.
“IRS CI Special Agents will continue to uncover the truth and safeguard the integrity of the tax system for all law-abiding taxpayers.”
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