An Aurora business owner pleaded guilty to tax fraud last week after IRS investigators say they found he had diverted money from a Denver liquor store and a drain installation company to private accounts to dodge having to report his actual income.

In 2021 alone, federal prosecutors said, Manuel Rocha reported that Rocha’s Liquor and Rocha’s Drain Systems had collectively grossed $57,907. Actual receipts of the two businesses, they added, were estimated to have been over $690,000.

In a news release, the U.S. Department of Justice detailed that Rocha misstated his business income to preparers for eight years, 2015 through 2022. Total losses in federal taxes, prosecutors estimate, were approximately $2.2 million.

Rocha is reportedly set to appear before a federal court judge on Aug. 25 for sentencing. The maximum for filing a false tax return would be three years in prison, according to the press statement.