Ex-Tahoe resident off to prison for cheating IRS

A fraudulent tax return is costing a former South Lake Tahoe woman two years of freedom.

Gwen Noel Luckett, 59, was sentenced Dec. 10 to two years in prison for filing a fraudulent 2008 tax return in July 2009. That was the first time she had filed a return in six years.

Luckett must also pay $605,692 in restitution to the IRS.

 — Lake Tahoe News staff report