OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Omaha computer engineer who said he hasn't filed federal individual income tax returns since 2000 has been convicted of three counts of tax evasion.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that a federal jury took just an hour Tuesday to find 59-year-old Chet West guilty. The trial against West, of Nebo, North Carolina, began Feb. 18 in U.S. District Court in Omaha.
West, who represented himself, had said he's exempt from paying income taxes, and he told that to Infocrossing Inc. in Omaha while he worked there from 2007 into 2009.
Prosecutors say West didn't pay more than $52,800 in income taxes over the two-year period in which he earned more than $270,000. Prosecutors also say the IRS told West in 2007 that he wasn't exempt from income taxes.
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