Iowa State Fair bar owners ordered to repay $700K in tax evasion
The former owners of a longtime Iowa State Fair bar are on the hook for more than half a million dollars in restitution after pleading guilty to tax evasion. Lance Benoit, 61, Tamera Benoit, 60, and Tricia Behlers, 56, were charged in January 2020 with multiple financial crimes related to the operations of Benoit Distributing, the parent company of the Diamond Jack's western saloon, a 40-year mainstay at the fairgrounds. Officials alleged at the time the company had failed to pay more than $250,000 in taxes. Behlers and Lance Benoit are the children of former Diamond Jack's owner Jack Beno...
Source: desmoinesregister.com
