Pflugerville Woman Sentenced To Prison For Fraud, Tax Evasion

PFLUGERVILLE, TX — A federal judge sentenced a Pflugerville woman to federal prison Tuesday and has ordered her to pay millions for a fraud and tax evasion scheme, officials said.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office of Western District of Texas announced Wednesday 50-year-old Nicky Osborne, a former Pflugerville trucking company chief financial officer, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison and is ordered to pay $8 million in restitution for a fraud and tax evasion scheme.

The office said U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ordered Osborne to pay $7,479,179.39 in restitution to ProBilling and Fund Service of Alabama and $596,425 in restitution to the IRS.

The U.S. district judge also ordered Osborne be placed on supervised release for a period of five years after completing her prison term.

Authorities said Osborne pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement on an income tax return on Feb. 25.

By pleading guilty, Osborne admitted that while employed at Bison Global Logistics of Pflugerville between 2012 and 2017, she schemed to submit false and inflated receivables to financing companies.

Osborne also earned a substantial income at Bison and failed to report commissions from her fraud scheme as income, officials said.

“The role of IRS Criminal Investigation becomes even more important in investigating wire fraud schemes due to the complex financial transactions that can take time to unravel,” said IRS CI Special Agent in charge Richard D. Goss. “Additionally, federal tax laws are also typically violated in these types of cases which can add to additional jail time. IRS CI Special Agents are skilled at investigating all types of tax and related financial crimes and this sentencing is a testament to that hard work and commitment.”

FBI Special Agent in charge Christopher Combs said the FBI is committed to fight fraud at every level.