MADISON, Wis. — The owner of a Columbia County business was sentenced Thursday to one year in prison after pleading guilty to not paying employee tax withholdings to the IRS, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin said.
Christa Johnson, 57, of Cambria, was also ordered to pay $326,905 in restitution, which the justice department said she did immediately, and a $25,000 fine.
Johnson, who owned meat processing plant and grocery store Johnson’ Sausage Shoppe in Rio, was indicted last year on 17 charges in the case. She had been accused of failing to withhold taxes from employees, not paying the employer’s share of employment taxes and obstructing the IRS’ collection efforts over a multi-year period.
In court Thursday, Johnson pleaded guilty to a single count of not paying the employee tax withholdings for the third quarter of 2016.
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