Pennsylvania Man Draws 19-Year Sentence For Tax Return Scheme With IRS Employee

PHILADELPHIA—A Philadelphia man was sentenced June 18 to 18 years in prison for his part in a series of tax fraud schemes that defrauded the government of more than $1 million, according to federal prosecutors (United States v. Fountain).

Calvin Johnson Jr. was also ordered to pay $1.24 million in restitution and to serve three years of supervised release.

Johnson and fellow defendants Patricia Fountain and Larry Ishmael were convicted in March of conspiracy and filing false claims and tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service, following an eight-day trial in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District ...