Yoga business founder gets 4 years in prison after pleading guilty to tax charge

NEW YORK An international yoga business founder whose chain of yoga studios promoted itself as Yoga to the People was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a tax charge Gregory Gumucio of Colorado Springs Colorado was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge John P Cronan who also ordered him to pay million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Arrangement In October he pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to defraud the IRS admitting that he had not paid over million in taxes from to Gregory Gumucio built a profitable yoga empire and lived well off its success but he refused to pay his taxes U S Attorney Jay Clayton announced in a announcement Gumucio s business which generated over million in revenue had operated in about locations in the United States including in San Francisco Berkeley and Oakland California Tempe Arizona Orlando Florida and cities in Colorado and Washington It also operated in studios in Spain and Israel and was seeking to expand to other countries when it closed four years ago When Gumucio was arrested two years ago a prosecutor declared he was the living in Cathlamet Washington and had been arrested times The prosecutors also stated he had in the past used at least six aliases three Social Measure numbers and claimed three places of birth Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day