Tax Evasion Lands Bridgewater Couple in Prison
Residents owe $1.3 million in back taxes, sentenced to 44 months in jail.
A Bridgewater couple was sentenced to prison and supervised release after the two were convicted of failing to pay employment taxes, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice. James and Theresa DeMuro were each sentenced Friday to 44 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, as well as the condition that they pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $1,337,952.12, the release said. According to the release, the couple was convicted of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and 21 counts of willfully failing to pay employment taxes. In April, the release said, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the conviction decided by a jury, and …
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