A Casper business owner has been sentenced to prison for failing to pay personal and business taxes over a six-year period. Esequiel “Tony” Terrazas Pacheco, 32, of Evansville, Wyoming, operated Drywall Perfections, Inc. (DPI) from his home since 2015 but did not file corporate or personal tax returns during that time.
On February 3 in Casper, U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced Terrazas Pacheco to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release for willful failure to file an income tax return and willful failure to account for and pay over tax. The court also ordered him to pay $766,744.28 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Court documents indicate that although a tax preparer created quarterly employer tax returns (Forms 941) for ten quarters between late 2019 and early 2022, Terrazas Pacheco did not file them or pay the required taxes. Investigators found that DPI lacked proper bookkeeping and accounting practices and failed to keep sufficient records.
“Mr. Terrasas Pacheco had multiple opportunities to accurately report and file his income taxes,” said U.S. Attorney Darin Smith. “Over a period of six years he willfully and knowingly defrauded the U.S. government and placed additional tax burden on the shoulders of hardworking taxpayers. Thanks to the outstanding investigative work of IRS-CI and our prosecutors, justice has been served.”
“Esequiel Terrazas Pacheco is spending the next 18 months in jail and will be paying back the federal government for much longer than that,” said Amanda Prestegard, Special Agent in Charge, IRS-CI Denver Field Office. “His actions were motivated by greed with a complete disregard for his employees. We appreciate our partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in helping us hold employment tax cheats accountable for victimizing not only the IRS, but their own dedicated workforce.”
The investigation was conducted by IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). The case number is CR-25-00146.
