Former lawyer sentenced to 15 months for tax fraud

A former Arizona lawyer who tried to claim his 51-acre Virginia property as his law office has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.

Kevin Witasick was found guilty on a variety of tax charges in February 2009. He was sentenced today in U.S. district court in Danville, according to a prosecution news release. He will be subject to two years of supervised release and is ordered to pay back taxes and the cost of his prosecution.

By Peter Vieth