United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Failure to Pay Tax was sentenced on Nov. 22, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
Gregory Sperlich, age 49, was sentenced to 3 months in federal prison, followed by 1 year of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $227,799.82, $1,000 fine, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $50.
Sperlich was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 22, 2019. He pled guilty on Sept. 20, 2019.
The conviction stemmed from Sperlich, an attorney, willfully failing to pay the income and self-employment tax due to the Internal Revenue Service by April 15, 2013, through April 15, 2016, for the filed taxes due for the calendar years 2012 through 2015.
“Taxpayers have an obligation to pay their taxes. Willfully defrauding the government of what is owed can and will result in jail time," said Special Agent in Charge Karl Stiften, IRS Criminal Investigation Division.
This case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges prosecuted the case.
Sperlich will self-report to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service on Jan. 2, 2020, to serve his sentence.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
