SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Two California supermarket executives have been sentenced to prison terms and fines after pleading guilty in August to felony charges of income-tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
o the U.S. Attorney's office here, the Webbs diverted more than $750,000 of vendor incentives to SavMax Foods for their personal benefit, including $525,000 that was not reported to the Internal Revenue Service, between 1990 and 1993.
The U.S. Attorney told SN Erman Webb was sentenced to four months in prison beginning Jan. 13, four months at a Volunteers of America Community Treatment Center, 1,000 hours of community service at a rate of 10 hours a week and a fine of $10,000. He was also ordered to set up a community food bank.
Michael Webb was sentenced to an eight-month prison term beginning May 13, the day his father is released from prison, and a $10,000 fine, the U.S. Attorney told SN.
Both men will also be on supervised release for 24 months once their prison terms are over, the U.S. Attorney said.
