Alvin Peabody
apeabody@pnj.com
Jo Hovind, the wife of creationist theme-park owner Kent Hovind, stood solemnly beside her attorney Friday as U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers handed down a sentence of one year and one day in federal prison.
Jo Hovind, 51, also was ordered to pay $8,000 in fines and three years supervision when she is released from prison.
Hovind was found guilty in November on 45 counts of evading bank-reporting requirements.
[Law requires banks to report transations greater than $10,000. Mrs. Hovind was convicted of making deposits under $10,000. Of course there is no law against this.....]
The same jury found her husband guilty on 58 federal counts, including failure to pay $845,000 in employee-related taxes. He was sentenced in January to 10 years in federal prison.
Jo Hovind’s attorney, Jerry Barringer, said after the sentencing that he plans to file an appeal against the guilty verdict as well as the prison sentence.
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