Half-Million-Dollar Tax Avoiders in Mission Viejo

Are you the type that likes to pick up pennies? How about penny stocks?

A Mission Viejo man who was once accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of fraudulently inflating penny stock values has wound up on a list of the state's biggest tax avoiders.

Jacob Canceli and his wife, Melanie, are in the company of celebrities like Pamela Anderson and companies like On the Border Mexican Grill, all of whom have not paid their state taxes, according to the state franchise tax board.

According to the state, the Cancelis owe $566,666.61 in taxes, putting them at 106 on the list of the state's 250 biggest tax avoiders.

Here are more from Orange County:

Aliso Viejo
Nationwide Auction Systems, $1.69 million

Corona del Mar
Supriti Soni, $499,000

Fountain Valley
YNP Medical Center of Cosmetic Surgery, $1.38 million
Classic Limousine Inc., $1.5 million

Lake Forest
Caliber 1 Boats (aka Clifford Henry Lotz), $1.1 million
Butterfield Ranch Chevron, $652,000

Laguna Niguel
Metro Border LLC (dba On the Border Mexican Grill), $1 million
David M. Levey, $838,000
Sobreck LLC (dba Carino's), $718,000

Newport Beach
The Sonos Group, $1.49 million
John P. Honiotes, $861,000
Nobuhito Suzuki, $314,000
Linda Lee Rock, $1.26 million

Rancho Santa Margarita
Cheryl E. Olson, $479,000
Jeff C. and Janice Cordero, $375,000

San Clemente
Fariborz Tavassol Kashani, $4.76 million

San Juan Capistrano
Andra R. Sachs, $1.15 million

Trabuco Canyon
Thomas J. and Jennifer S. Brooks, $615,000