The manager of an orthodontics practice in Fresno, Calif., was sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion and obstructing an IRS audit.
Pilar Rose, 51, prepared false statements that underreported the profits of her husband’s orthodontics practice, according to an April 22 news release from the Department of Justice. These actions, which took place from 2012 through 2015, resulted in Ms. Rose evading more than $870,000 that she and her husband owed in federal taxes.
Mrs. Rose also altered checks for non-deductible personal expenses to try to pass them off as deductible business expenses. She then created false financial statements for the orthodontics practice to match the altered checks. The altered checks and false statements were given to IRS auditors to try to avoid paying federal taxes that she and her husband owed.
In addition to her prison sentence, Mrs. Rose was ordered to forfeit more than $2.5 million in proceeds from the sale of her and her husband’s home and vehicle, which authorities seized.