A businesswoman was found guilty by a Denver County jury on Monday of failing to pay sales and payroll taxes over a three-year period.
Kelly Lyn Deal, 39, was convicted of 14 counts including tax evasion, theft and identity theft. The Colorado attorney general accused Deal of using her business, ITB Holdings LLC, to conduct the scheme.
Prosecutors say she gave employees tax forms bearing fake Social Security numbers and then kept wage withholdings that should have gone to the state. She was also convicted of failing to pay more than $10,000 in sales taxes.
“Tax evasion is a serious crime,” Attorney General John Suthers wrote in a statement. “The jury’s verdict today should underline that the state of Colorado will vigorously pursue any person or business that tries to take a free ride on the backs of other taxpayers.”
Deal is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 3 and could face up to 60 years in prison. Felisa Cardona, The Denver Post
