Pawn shop owner sentenced to 2 years

Published February 23, 2012 5:00am ET



The owner of a Bladensburg pawnshop was sentenced to more than two years in prison for evading taxes on more than $18 million in revenue.

U.S. District Judge Benson Legg also ordered Yooho “Peter” Weon, 40, of Centreville, Va., to pay $2.4 million that he owes to the Internal Revenue Service.

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