{"id":4168,"date":"2014-06-24T21:09:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T04:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=4168"},"modified":"2014-06-25T11:02:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T18:02:42","slug":"doctor-wife-guilty-paying-taxes-thriving-osteopathic-medical-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=4168","title":{"rendered":"Doctor and Wife Guilty of Not Paying Taxes For Thriving Osteopathic Medical Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IRS<\/a>SAN DIEGO<\/strong> \u2013 A jury found a doctor and his wife who made up to $1 million a year from their osteopathic medical practice guilty of not paying taxes, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

The federal jury on Tuesday returned guilty verdicts after a two-week trial against Dr. James Francis Murphy<\/strong> and his wife, Denine Christine Murphy<\/strong>\u00a0of not paying the U.S. Internal Revenue Service hundreds of thousands of dollars of income taxes they owed from the operation of their medical practice in Encinitas, California, and Omaha, Nebraska, officials said.<\/p>\n

The couple will be sentenced on Sept. 12.<\/p>\n

Evidence presented at trial showed that despite earning as much as $1 million a year from their osteopathic medical practice, the Murphys paid almost no federal income taxes for a decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Murphys have found out that the old adage is true: Nothing is certain but death, taxes and prosecution if you don\u2019t pay your taxes,\u201d U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy.<\/p>\n

Officials said despite repeated warnings from the IRS, the Murphys filed false income tax returns for the medical practice using a bogus \u201ctrust,\u201d filed false personal income tax returns that concealed their true income, and in certain years simply refused to file required tax returns at all.<\/p>\n

The Murphys engaged in a variety of schemes to thwart the United States\u2019 attempts to correctly assess and collect these taxes.<\/p>\n

These schemes included:<\/p>\n