FORT SMITH (KFSM) — A chiropractor was sentenced to 17 months for filing false and fraudulent documents with the IRS, according to a release from U.S. Attorney of the Western District of Arkansas Kenneth Elser.
Philip Roberts, 60, must also serve one year of supervised release following his sentence.
Roberts was charged after reportedly filing false financial instruments that claimed millions of dollars of transactions with both the Secretary of the Treasury and the IRS Commissioner, and filing forms that falsely reported payments to the IRS, the release stated.
Roberts was also convicted for income tax related offenses in 2000. After a jury trial, Roberts was convicted of two counts of willfully failing to file federal income tax returns and sentenced to serve 16 months in prison.
He had an outstanding federal income tax liability of over $2,000,000, for tax years 1991 through 2004. In 2008, Roberts filed a series of false and fraudulent documents with the IRS in an effort to obstruct and impede the tax laws, the release stated.
