Reisterstown Contractor Evaded Taxes, Sentenced 13 Months
Randy Benjamin Wells of Reisterstown will be forced to pay almost $350,000 in restitution.
A Reisterstown man faces over a year in jailtime and must pay nearly $350,000 in restitution for tax evasion. Randy Benjamin Wells, 49, was sentenced to 13 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution of $349,588. The sentence was announced Tuesday by U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and IRS special agent Rick A. Raven in a press release. Wells paid the IRS $74,404.30 prior to his sentencing. "Today's sentence sends a strong message that tax evasion will be vigorously pursued by IRS," stated Rick A. Raven, special agent in charge of the IRS Criminal Investigation division in the Washington, D.C., Field Office. "Tax compliance should be equally shared among …
