Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 7, 2014. Bill Melot, a farmer from Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced to serve 14 years in prison today to be followed by three years of supervised release for tax evasion, program fraud and other crimes, the Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Inspector General announced today. Melot was also ordered to pay $18,469,998 in restitution to the IRS and $226,526 to the USDA.
Melot was…
