A man from Colorado Springs was sentenced to a year in prison today for filing a false lien against an IRS employee.
Ronald Roy Hoodenpyle, 68, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on Jan. 6, 2009. This June 17, after a three-day jury trial, Hoodenpyle was convicted.
According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, during the investigation Hoodenpyle filed the lien against the property owned by an IRS revenue officer after the IRS had filed liens against Hoodenpyle’s property.
The IRS had indicated that Hoodenpyle owed more than $1,160,000 to the IRS.
The false lien then filed in Jefferson County by Hoodenpyle, stated that the IRS officer owed Hoodenypyle more than one million dollars.
The government presented evidence during the trial that showed Hoodenpyle filed the false lien in retaliation for the IRS officer doing his job in filing the liens agains Hoodenpyle.
Hoodenpyle is currently free on bond, but will have to report to prison before Oct. 29 to serve the year sentence, after which he will have to serve two years on supervised release.
