Alaska Man Headed Back to Prison for not Paying Taxes
    Donald Louis Hymes, 73, a resident of Fairbanks, Alaska, was sentenced to five months in prison for violating conditions of supervised release. His violation: failing and refusing to file individual income tax returns and pay incomes taxes for numerous past years. According to information presented to the court, Hymes violated the conditions of his supervised release after having served a prison sentence for his 2003 conviction in federal court on 45 counts, which included 12 counts of mail fraud; 12 counts of receiving mail under false name; 13 counts of conversion of money of the United States; seven counts of money laundering; and one count of criminal contempt of court.  For those offenses, Hymes was sentenced to 28 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $78,005 for stolen federal funds. After his release from prison, Hymes violated his conditions of supervised release by failing and refusing to file his income tax returns for numerous past years and by refusing to make any efforts to pay the taxes due for those years.      The past due taxes amount to $234,320.79, plus interest. Prior to imposing the sentence, the judge stated Hymes despised his United States citizenship and had stolen from the U.S. Treasury for a long period of time.
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