Utah dentist found guilty of evading $1.8M in taxes

A Utah dentist on March 17 was found guilty of tax evasion, filing false tax returns and impeding the IRS.

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Derald Wilford Geddes, DDS, was the owner and operator of Mount Ogden Dental. Between 1998 and 2014, Dr. Geddes evaded $1.8 million in owed federal income taxes and blocked the IRS’ efforts to collect these taxes.

He faces a maximum of five years in prison for tax evasion and three years in prison for each count of filing a false tax return and impeding the IRS, according to a March 21 news release from the Justice Department.

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