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McKinney man gets probation for tax evasion
By Danny Gallagher, dgallagher@acnpapers.com
Another McKinney man has pled guilty to federal charges related to their tax returns.
Melvin Ray Teafatiller took a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney's Office on a federal felony charge for filing to file proper tax returns for a period of five years for income in excess of $60,000, according to records filed with the U.S. Eastern District of Texas court.
Teafatiller failed to file a return from 2002 to 2006 stating income he had earned that ranged between $13,850 and $16,400 per year, according to the court's factual statement.
Teafatiller is the second McKinney resident to face federal charges on tax related criminal charges. Paul Pogue, the founder and former president and chief executive officer of Pogue Construction, also took a plea deal and entered a guilty plea in the U.S. Eastern District of Texas court on a federal felony violation of making and subscribing a false tax return, according to federal court records.
Pogue admitted that he "willfully made and subscribed a U.S. individual income tax return form...for calendar year 2003" that reflected his taxable income by a lesser margin of approximately $1 million, according to court documents.
Internal Revenue Service investigators said these fraudulent returns cost a tax loss of $473,680, according to a finding of fact document filed with the court.
Pogue entered a guilty plea last Thursday. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
Pogue faces a possible sentence of up to three years in a federal prison and a possible fine not to exceed $250,000 or "not more than the greater of twice the gross gain to the defendant or twice the gross loss of any victim," according to the notice of penalty.
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