Todd and Julie are planning to attraction their convictions after being sentenced to a mixed 19 years in jail for tax fraud.
The couple was discovered responsible of tax evasion in June, and on Monday, U.S. District Decide Eleanor Ross in Atlanta gave Todd Chrisley 12 years in jail whereas Julie Chrisley was sentenced to seven.
Sooner or later after the sentencing, the couple's lawyer mentioned they plan to struggle their convictions.
"Yesterday was a troublesome day for the Chrisley household," Alex Little mentioned in an announcement to CBS Information. "However Todd and Julie are individuals of religion, and that religion offers them energy as they attraction their convictions. Their trial was marred by critical and repeated errors, together with the federal government mendacity to jurors about what taxes the couple paid. Based mostly on these points, we're optimistic in regards to the street forward."
Their sentences additionally embody three years supervised launch after jail and an order to pay restitution in an quantity to be decided later.
"The Chrisleys have constructed an empire based mostly on the lie that their wealth got here from dedication and laborious work," prosecutors wrote. "The jury's unanimous verdict units the report straight: Todd and Julie Chrisley are profession swindlers who've made a dwelling by leaping from one fraud scheme to a different, mendacity to banks, stiffing distributors, and evading taxes at each nook."
Federal prosecutors beforehand mentioned that the couple ought to every be sentenced to greater than 10 years in jail.
"A message have to be despatched to the Chrisleys and others that tax evasion is a critical offense, and that rich tax cheats who use private corporations to keep away from paying taxes will face a considerable jail sentence," the prosecutors mentioned in a sentencing memorandum.
The couple, who appeared on the truth present "Chrisley Is aware of Finest" different spinoff exhibits, had been indicted in 2019 on 12 counts, together with tax evasion, conspiracy, financial institution fraud and wire fraud.
U.S. Lawyer Ryan Ok. Buchanan mentioned in a June 2022 press launch that Todd and Julie Chrisley conspired to defraud group banks within the Atlanta space to acquire greater than $30 million in private loans previous to the launch of their first tv present in 2014. The Chrisleys and their former enterprise companion submitted false paperwork to acquire the loans, after which spent the cash on vehicles, garments, actual property and journey. They used new loans to pay again the previous ones, Buchanan mentioned.