A former Laramie business operator who pleaded guilty to tax evasion has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $356,000 in restitution.
A Rock Springs CPA who pleaded guilty in March to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns has been sentenced to 120 days in federal prison.
Con artists posing as Internal Revenue Service agents are calling people up and demanding immediate payment of supposed back taxes, according to Dick Blust of the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department