WICHITA – A Wichita couple has been sentenced on tax fraud charges.

60-year-old Charles W. Kriel was sentenced to 12-months-and-a-day. His wife, 60-year-old Pamela A. Kriel was sentenced to time served.

The Kriels, who were co-owners of a computer consulting company, both pleaded guilty to one count of making a fraudulent claim for a tax return from tax year 2008. In addition, Charles Kriel pleaded guilty to one count of submitting a fraudulent promissory note to his mortgage lender.

In their pleas, they admitted the false claims would have caused a loss of at $961,569 to the Internal Revenue Service.