Jeffrey Blanford, DDS, of Blanford Dental Center in Lima, Ohio, was sentenced to six months in prison after being convicted in a $1.7 million tax evasion scheme, according to limaohio.com.
In 2019, investigators learned Dr. Blanford underreported his taxable income from 2013-15 by more than $1.7 million.
Dr. Blanford will serve half a year in prison and will be under supervised release for two years. He was also fined $100 and has to pay $927,273.44 in restitution to the IRS.
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