JACKSON, Wyo. — On Oct. 24, Pau Kim Ly, part owner of Chinatown Restaurant in Jackson, was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and four months of home confinement with one year of supervised release for filing a false tax return.
According to an Oct. 25 press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Wyoming, the court also ordered Ly to pay a total of $371,803 in restitution to the IRS and the State of Wyoming, and an additional $16,588 to the U.S. Government for the cost of prosecution.
Court documents confirm Ly was the person responsible for running the day-to-day operations of the restaurant, the press release states.
“For tax years 2019 through 2022, Ly knowingly underreported the restaurant’s true cash receipts to the IRS and the State of Wyoming,” the Attorney’s Office writes.
The IRS Criminal Investigation was responsible for investigating the crime. According to the press release, Ly waived indictment and pleaded guilty to an Information, which the Department of Justice defines as “an accusation exhibited against a person for some criminal offense, without an indictment,” on July 23.
Chief U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl imposed the sentence in Casper, Wyoming.
