A 59-year-old Uncasville woman was sentenced Monday to 12 months and one day in federal prison for failing to pay $213,965 in federal and state taxes she owed from her home cleaning business.

Kathryn Pocock also will be subject to one year of supervised release after she completes her sentence for tax evasion. She pleaded guilty last December. 

In announcing the sentence, Leonard C. Boyle, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, stated that according to court documents and statements made in court, that between 2015 and 2019, Pocock withdrew approximately $855,000 from her business, Sunshine Cleaners, LLC, and failed to report those proceeds on tax forms for the business and on her federal income tax returns. She had run the business since 1991.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, its investigation revealed Pocock regularly cashed numerous client checks that had been paid to her business, deposited some into her personal bank account, and paid her employees “under the table.” She also wrote checks payable to cash from her personal and business bank accounts, and paid employees in cash without collecting and paying employment tax to the IRS or sales and use taxes to the State of Connecticut.

"The investigation also revealed Pocock provided her tax preparer with false spreadsheets and supporting documentation that significantly understated her income and employee-related expenses,"" according to the U.S. Attorney.

It stated Pockock owes $180,451 to the IRS and $33,514 to the State of Connecticut. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer ordered Pocock to pay full restitution.

This investigation was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. attorneys Christopher W. Schmeisser and Katherine E. Boyles.