Brentwood Doctor, Wife Sentenced To 3 Years For Tax Fraud

NASHVILLE, TN — After pleading guilty to a decade-long tax dodge, a Brentwood radiologist and his wife will serve three years in prison and were ordered to pay nearly $1 million in back taxes Tuesday.

Jeff McCoy, 70, and Audra McCoy, 68, were sentenced to serve three years in federal prison and will have to pay $913,595 in back taxes. The pair pleaded guilty in March to one count each of conspiring to defraud the United States. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

Between 2002 and 2014, the McCoys engaged in various conspiracies to defraud the IRS. The McCoys filed 2003 through 2007 income tax returns with the IRS on which they claimed fake income tax withholding amounts and sought more than $2 million in fraudulent refunds. They submitted false documents to the IRS and placed their assets in the names of nominees and in nominee bank accounts, including having Mr. McCoy's paychecks deposited into a bank account of a fake non-profit. In addition to seeking fraudulent refunds, the McCoys also failed to pay more than $500,000 in taxes between 2001 through 2008, despite earning more than $2 million during that time.

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