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An Orem chiropractor and health care products business owner has been charged with tax evasion.
Louis Delynn Hansen was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury with one count each of attempting to evade paying taxes and endeavoring to impede internal revenue laws.
Convictions carry maximum penalties of five and three years in prison, respectively.
The indictment states that in March 2012, Hansen presented a check to the IRS in the amount of $342,699.41 that was drawn on a closed bank account in an attempt to pay taxes, penalties and interest he owed for tax years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010.
Hansen also allegedly sent a copy of the check to an IRS revenue officer, as well as a signed certified letter claiming that he had submitted the check to discharge his debt.
The indictment further states that in June 2012, Hansen presented four additional checks to the IRS drawn on a different closed bank account in an attempt to have funds credited to his IRS tax account. Each check was in the amount of $425,000.
According to the indictment, at the time these four checks were presented to the IRS, Hansen owed more than $240,000 in taxes for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011.