False Tax Returns Filed by Former Owners of Healthcare Company
The former owners of a Wichita, Kan., healthcare company have pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns.
Gerard Lessard, 68, and his wife, Betty Lessard, 73, both of Wichita and former owners of ProActive Health Care, each pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false tax return.
In their pleas, they admitted that in October 2005 they filed a joint federal tax return for the year 2004 in which they failed to report additional income totaling $858,789.
Prosecutors agreed to recommend Gerard Lessard be sentenced to six months of community confinement, followed by six months in home detention with electronic monitoring, followed by a year of supervised release.
In addition, prosecutors agreed to recommend Betty Lessard be sentenced to six months of either community confinement or home confinement, followed by a year of supervised release.
The Lessards also agreed they will be jointly and severally liable for restitution of $692,415.
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