JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Two residents of Johnstown, Pa., have each been sentenced in federal court to four years’ probation, the first 12 months of which must be satisfied by a condition of home detention; 100 hours of community service; $25,000 fine and to pay full restitution, including back taxes, penalties and interest to the Internal Revenue Service, on their convictions of filing false income tax returns, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
United States District Judge Kim R. Gibson imposed the sentences on David J. Murphy and Joyce Murphy.
According to information presented to the court, the Murphys filed individual income tax returns for the calendar years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 failing to report $431,073 in taxable income, resulting in an underpayment of $140,834 in income tax owed to the United States.
Assistant United States Attorney John J. Valkovci, Jr., prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
U.S. Attorney Hickton commended the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of the Murphys.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
