Deena M. Hintz, a business owner from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for failing to pay employment taxes. The sentencing was announced by Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Hintz owned Jade Excavation and Trucking in Elk Mound, Wisconsin, which employed up to fifteen workers providing excavation and snow plowing services. Between 2017 and 2021, Hintz deducted over $400,000 in federal employment taxes from her employees' payroll but did not remit these funds to the government.
U.S. District Judge William M. Conley stated that the prison sentence reflects the seriousness of the offense and ordered Hintz to pay restitution amounting to $482,185.46 for tax losses.
The case was investigated by Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert A. Anderson.
