Tampa OnlyFans creator gets one year in prison for tax fraud

A Tampa woman who earned more than $5.4 million as an OnlyFans content creator will spend a year in federal prison for filing a false tax return and failing to pay at least $1.5 million in taxes, prosecutors announced Thursday.

Kylie Leia Perez, who used the stage name “Natalie Monroe” on the online subscription platform, was also sentenced to one year of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber. Perez pleaded guilty on May 20, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office did not say whether Barber ordered her to pay restitution.

Federal prosecutors say Perez, 31, earned the money through her social media accounts from 2019 through 2023. OnlyFans allows creators to charge subscribers for access to photos, videos and livestreams and to make additional money from pay-per-view posts and tips.

Perez filed a false federal tax return for 2019 and failed to pay at least $1.5 million owed for the following four years, court records show.

“When someone chooses personal luxury over meeting their tax obligations, the consequences are inevitable,” Ron Loecker, special agent in charge of IRS Criminal Investigation’s Florida field office, says in the release.

Prosecutors did not detail Perez’s spending in Thursday’s announcement, nor did they specify what kind of material she posted on OnlyFans, which is best known for adult content but is also used by musicians, fitness instructors and other creators.

Perez was initially indicted in July 2025 and arrested the following month. The original five-count indictment charged her with filing a false return and four counts of failing to pay income tax. She faced as many as seven years in prison if convicted on every count.

The indictment offered a year-by-year account of her earnings. It alleged Perez made more than $1.6 million in 2020 but failed to pay nearly $499,000 in taxes. Her taxable income from the platform ranged from about $603,000 to more than $2.1 million annually between 2021 and 2023, according to the indictment.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office did not say whether Barber ordered her to pay restitution.

Perez’s case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation division and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Merrilyn E. Hoenemeyer.

“Evading the payment of owed income tax is a violation of our federal tax laws,” U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe says in the release. “We will continue to prosecute those who purposely commit these crimes.”