Legal Opinion
United States v. Kenneth P. Kontny and Joann L. Kontny
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 2001No. 00-3004, 00-3006PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The Kontnys were convicted of fraudulent nonpayment of federal payroll taxes and sentenced to prison. Their appeal complains about the denial of their motion to suppress documents and statements that they gave to an Internal Revenue Agent and about a sentencing increase that they received by virtue of the “sophisticated” character of their fraud.
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to pay their hourly employees time and a half for overtime (that is, hours worked above 40 hours a week), but, of course, the overtime wage is taxable income to the employee. To…
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