Jefferson County man sentenced for filing a false tax return

Jefferson County man sentenced for filing a false tax return

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Oct. 25, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Alfredo Amaya Diaz, of Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation for filing a false tax return, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Diaz, age 43, pled guilty to one count of “Filing False Income Tax Return" in April 2018. Diaz admitted to filing a tax return for 2016 that understated his income by more than $178,000, resulting in an unpaid tax of more than $50,000. The crime took place in January 2017 in Jefferson County.

Diaz was also ordered to pay $66,344 in restitution.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jarod J. Douglas prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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