Billie R. Schofield, a former part-owner and employee at New Bedford, Massachusetts-based seafood processing group Northern Pelagic LLC, was sentenced by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to three years in prison for tax evasion.

The sentence was announced Friday by US Attorney Aaron Weisman, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and Special Agent in Charge Kristina O’Connell of IRS Criminal Investigation.