The saga of Tung Sheng (David) Wu continued this week as he plead guilty to tax evasion charges.
On Wednesday, the Canada Revenue Agency announced that Wu, a dentist who was found practising illegally in Burnaby, plead guilty to tax evasion and is now required by law to repay $33,000 to the federal government.
The fines represent 75 per cent of the income taxes Wu failed to pay while practising dentistry illegally from 2009 through to 2012, which amounted to nearly $238,000, according to a media release from the Canada Revenue Agency.
“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 release stated.
As previously reported, Wu turned himself in to Toronto Police in November after being on the run since August. The College of Dental Surgeons of B.C. began an investigation into the Burnaby dentist after learning he had continued to practise despite having an injunction filed against him 2003, which forbid him from practising.
Wu was sentenced to three months in jail in provincial court for his actions.
Since the college began its investigation into Wu, more than 450 of his former patients have come forward. The college believes Wu had about 1,500 patients while he was practising dentistry illegally from the basement of his Burnaby home.
