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.”
GRAND JUNCTION The U.S. Attorney s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Trenton Switzer of Gypsum, CO pleaded guilty for willfully making and subscribing a false tax return.
According to the filed information and the stipulated facts in the plea agreement, Switzer created a nonprofit corporation in Colorado called the Church of Divine Sovereignty. During the 24 hours that this corporation legally existed, Switzer obtained an Employer Identification Number and opened a bank account in its name. Later, Switzer deposited $250,000 in the account and informed his return preparer that these deposits were charitable contributions. After determining that Switzer s Church of Divine Sovereignty did not qualify as a charitable organization, the preparer advised Switzer that the payments were not deductible. Despite these warnings, Switzer nevertheless signed and personally filed his 2015 U.S. Federal Tax Return, falsely claiming a $250,000 charitable contribution deduction.
Grand Junction man Bruce Holder, 55, faces up to life in prison and a $20 million fine after a jury convicted him on charges related to the overdose death of a Carbondale man.
Holder was convicted of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and other counterfeit substances, distribution of fentanyl and distribution of a counterfeit substance after an 11-day trial in Denver, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado.
“Facts presented at trial established that Holder worked in conjunction with multiple co-conspirators, including his wife, children, and other members of his family, to distribute pills which appeared to be 30mg Oxycodone pills but in fact were counterfeit and spiked with fentanyl,” the news release states.
Grand Junction man convicted of distributing street drugs containing fentanyl
Bruce Holder, 55, and co-conspirators distributed tens of thousands of pills that resulted in the death of a Carbondale man. Author: Jennifer Campbell-Hicks Updated: 2:29 PM MDT April 20, 2021
DENVER A Grand Junction man was convicted in U.S. District Court for distributing tens of thousands of pills that appeared to be Oxycodone but were in fact counterfeit and spiked with fentanyl, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said Tuesday.
Bruce Holder, 55, was found guilty after an 11-day trial in U.S. District Court in Denver. Holder worked with co-conspirators that included his wife, children and other family members to distribute the pills in 2017 and 2018, the DEA said in a news release.
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