An Eagle man has been sentenced to 52 months in federal prison on embezzlement and tax fraud charges, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho.
Miles J. Elletson, 55, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing false tax returns, defrauding Alloway Electric, a contracting company in Garden City, of $478,013 and shorting the IRS $161,354 in tax returns between 2017 and 2020, according to court records.
Elletson obtained money from the company by submitting fraudulent invoices claiming that Advanced Purchasing Services LLC had performed work for it…