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Iowa Woman Sentenced To Prison For Tax Evasion

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(Davenport, IA) -- An eastern Iowa woman has been sentenced in federal court in Davenport to 18-months in prison for tax evasion. Investigators say 48-year-old Penny Witt of Oxford Junction ran businesses called Ultimate Tree Service and Spruces Tree Service, and failed to keep proper records, accounts, and conducted all business in cash. The I-R-S says Witt also cheated a customer out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

A judge has ordered Witt to serve three years on supervised release and pay $75,849 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.

The IRS says in 2016 and 2017, Witt received approximately $469,000 in payments. Witt admitted that she knew her legal duty to file tax returns for these years, and willfully chose not to file. “Ms. Witt took advantage of a vulnerable person and cheated them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Charles Miller, “IRS Criminal Investigation recognizes the presence of fraud targeting elder Americans, and we will continue to combat these crimes and hold the responsible parties accountable for their actions.”


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