Case Number: 2:17-cr-20041-CM

Judge: Carlos Murguia

Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas (Wyandotte County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Leon Patton

Defendant's Attorney: Robin Fowler and Tom Bath

Description: Kansas City, KS - Former Kansas CPA Pleads Guilty To Filing False Tax Return

A former Kansas CPA was sentenced on July 9, 2018 to a year and a day in jail and ordered to pay the cost of his imprisonment, which could be an estimated $34,000. In addition, the accountant was ordered to pay $106,055 in restitution for unpaid taxes.

Robert M. Purinton, 70, Fountain Hills, Ariz., pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement on his 2009 tax return by under-reporting his income. He agreed to make restitution for taxes owed in 2990 and 2010. During those years, he was a CPA with an accounting firm in Overland Park.

McAllister commended the Internal Revenue Service.

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to a year and a day in jail and ordered to pay the cost of his imprisonment, which could be an estimated $34,000.

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