It appeared as if retirement would come early for 52-year-old Denverite Steve Belcher, but the millions he thought he made in November by investing in cryptocurrency turned out to be a lie.
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October 14, 2021 Jimmie Lucero of Denver, Colorado pled guilty on October 8, 2021 to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent Federal Income Tax Returns before U.S. District Court Judge Daniel D. Domenico, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Andy Tsui announced. Lucero was indicted on May 18, 2021 and is scheduled to be sentenced on February 3, 2022.
A Gypsum man has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison after he set up a fake church to avoid paying taxes on what he said was a $250,000 charitable contribution to the organization.
Trenton Switzer, 40, of Gypsum was sentenced this week to pay a restitution fee of $241,964, in addition to the prison time, after pleading guilty to tax fraud on April 26 of this year, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
“Mr. Switzer’s claim to be the pastor of a fake church he created to evade his taxes landed him in a real prison,” Acting U.S. Attorney Matt Kirsch said in the release. “My office will continue to aggressively pursue people who cheat on their taxes.”