Filing False Tax Return Results in 18-Month Prison Sentence

Lee B. Woodbury, 51, of Gilbert, Ariz., was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $97,232 after pleading guilty to willfully filing a false tax return. Until contacted by the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, Woodbury had not filed returns for tax years 1998 to 2001. He later under reported his income in returns. In total, the tax loss as a result of Woodbury’s willfully filing false tax returns was $35,633.

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