POCATELLO â Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to five years in federal prison for concealment of assets, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced Tuesday.
Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Welch to pay a $25,000 fine, and to serve one year of supervised release following his prison sentence. Welch pleaded guilty to the charge on July 29, 2020. As part of the plea agreement, Welch also agreed to forfeit $25,000.
According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petition, signed under penalty of perjury, Welch listed significant debts and almost no assets.