Nebraska man sentenced for tax evasion, payroll tax fraud

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Beneath is a roundup of sentences handed down final week in federal courtroom in Omaha, in accordance with updates this week from performing U.S. Legal professional Steven Russell.

The performing U.S. Legal professional’s workplace in Omaha reminds the general public that there is no such thing as a parole within the federal system.

Christopher D. Weaver, 49, of Hallam, Neb., positioned south of Lincoln, was sentenced Thursday in Lincoln for willfully failing to pay taxes. He was sentenced by U.S. District Choose John M. Gerrard to 6 months of group confinement, two years of supervised launch, and a advantageous of $10,000 plus a $100 payment. IRS felony investigators discovered that Weaver had didn’t file a 941 kind and pay belief fund taxes for his two companies, Structural Enterprises Inc. and SEi Millwright Service Inc., for about 10 years. He additionally deducted and picked up payroll taxes from his Structural Enterprises staff’ wages — a complete of $92,986.91 — however didn’t pay them to the IRS as required within the third quarter of 2016. He has since paid all payroll taxes due and has filed the required tax types, in accordance with the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace launch.

James Finley, 38, of Omaha, was sentenced Jan. 13 by Choose Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 18 years and 4 months in jail for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In September 2020, Omaha Police was investigating Carla Colliers for distributing meth. In November 2020, police searched Collers’ residence and allegedly discovered roughly 900 grams of meth. Through the search, Finley allegedly arrived on the residence with a backpack containing 642 grams of meth.

Gary Ross, 24, of Omaha, was sentenced Jan. 13 by Choose Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to five years and 1 month in jail for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On Aug. 28, 2020, officers searched Ross’ condominium in Omaha and allegedly discovered roughly three kilos of marijuana, a handgun, a scale, and roughly $15,000.

Aaron Lee Kuntz, 44, of Lincoln, was sentenced Friday by Choose John M. Gerrard to fifteen years in jail for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or extra of pure meth after having a previous conviction for a critical drug felony. In June 2021, Lincoln investigators watched Kuntz’s residence in Lincoln. They noticed a automotive go away the residence and adopted it, later stopping it for a visitors violation. The automotive was searched, though the Division of Justice didn’t specify additional on how the police had possible trigger to go looking the automotive. Through the search, police allegedly discovered greater than an oz of meth on one of many passengers, who allegedly advised investigators they acquired it from Kuntz. A search was performed at Kuntz’s residence with a warrant and police allegedly discovered roughly 18 ounces of meth, plastic baggage, and scales. Kuntz’s prior conviction got here in 2006 when he was sentenced to greater than 11 years in jail for promoting meth.

Richard Knott, Jr., 35, of Minatare, Nebraska, was sentenced Friday in Lincoln to 12 years and 6 months in jail for possession of kid pornography. The investigation started with a foreign-based cloud storage web site the place customers posted two hyperlinks resulting in folders of kid porn. Investigators appeared on the IP addresses of individuals accessing the folders, and one allegedly lead again to Knott. In June 2021 a search warrant was executed at Knott’s residence and investigators allegedly discovered roughly 33,000 pictures and seven,000 movies of kid porn on his units. Knott was additionally beforehand convicted for possessing baby porn in 2012.

Christopher Hatcher, 45, of Omaha, was sentenced Friday by Choose Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 4 years in jail for distribution of meth. In April 2020 Hatcher allegedly bought meth to a cooperating witness working with police.

Domingo Zacarias Ciprian, 42, previously of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced Friday by Choose Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to at least one yr and three months in jail for illegal switch of a doc or authentication characteristic. Ciprian is a citizen of Guatemala and can be deported after serving his sentence. By way of earlier investigations, investigators say they discovered that Ciprian was promoting counterfeit paperwork. In September 2021, investigators arrange an undercover buy, together with a Social Safety Card and a Nebraska driver’s license. After the acquisition, they searched Ciprian’s residence in Grand Island and allegedly discovered 92 counterfeit paperwork.

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