Former attorney sentenced to 3 years of probation

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A disbarred attorney has been sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty to federal charges of structuring financial transactions to avoid reporting the money.

U.S. Magistrate Judge James D. Moyer handed down the punishment last week for William Otto Ayers of Louisville.

Ayers pleaded guilty in March to three counts of structuring transactions to avoid reporting the money to federal authorities.

Ayers had previously been convicted in state court and sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion.

The IRS has also pursued Ayers, filing a petition in federal court in 2010 to force him to turn over documents related to his income from 2004 through 2006. Ayers eventually surrendered the documents…

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