Department of Justice
United States Attorney James R. Dedrick
Eastern District of Tennessee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, May 2, 2008
THREE SENTENCED IN TAX FRAUD CASE
[Chattanooga, TN]– Jack Allen Nash, 58, of Apison, Tennessee; Dr. Joseph Simmons
Bird, Jr., 46, of Chattanooga, Tennessee; and, Dr. Barry Donesky, 47 of McDonald,
Tennessee, were all sentenced today in United States District Court in Chattanooga,
by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, United States District Judge.....
Dr. Bird was sentenced to three years probation, 550 hours of communityservice, to
perform five pro bono fertility treatments, and ordered to pay restitution of $371,069
to the IRS. The sentences was a result of a guilty plea by Dr. Bird in January to two
counts of failure to file income tax returns for 2001 and 2002. Dr. Bird admitted that
he earned approximately $373,935 in 2001 and approximately $384,873 in 2002 and
that he willfully failed to file his tax returns for 1999 through 2004.....
This investigation was conducted by IRS Criminal Investigation. Assistant U.S.
Attorney Gary S. Humble represented the government.
For additional information, please contact United States Attorney James R. “Russ”
Dedrick at 865-545-4167; Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary S. Humble at 423-752-5140;
or, Public Information Officer Sharry Dedman-Beard at 865-545-4167.
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