Crime

Yuma man pleads guilty to tax evasion

April 16, 2025 10:35 AM

Published April 16, 2025 10:50 AM

PHOENIX (KYMA, KECY) - A Yuma man has pleaded guilty Tuesday for failure to pay employment taxes, according to the U.S. District Attorney's Office District of Arizona.

The Attorney's Office says 61-year-old Philip Kevin Clark, the owner a water company in Yuma, admitted to taking nearly $400,000 from his employees' paychecks for taxes he failed to pay to the IRS between 2017 and 2021.

Failing to pay employment tax can have a maximum penalty of five years in prison, along with a $250,000 fine.

Clark is set to be sentenced in July 2025, the Attorney's Office says.

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