Steven Strauss, owner of Classic Tree Care in Paola, was sentenced to two years and four months in federal prison without parole after pleading guilty to filing false tax returns.
Strauss, who founded Classic Tree Care in 2005, reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Kansas on Jan. 23, admitting to not maintaining formal records for his business and providing figures to his tax preparer that vastly understated the gross receipts for his business. The result was a fraudulent reduction…
Steven Strauss, owner of Classic Tree Care in Paola, was sentenced to two years and four months in federal prison without parole after pleading guilty to filing false tax returns.
Strauss, who founded Classic Tree Care in 2005, reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Kansas on Jan. 23, admitting to not maintaining formal records for his business and providing figures to his tax preparer that vastly understated the gross receipts for his business. The result was a fraudulent reduction…