Nearly $1M paycheck tax scheme lands Fort Myers businessman in prison

The owner of a Fort Myers company that sold phone cards to prisoners is heading to prison himself for not paying IRS tax money collected from employee paychecks.

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A Fort Myers man was sentenced Monday to 2½ years in federal prison for not paying taxes he withdrew from employees' paychecks.

 

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