A 56-year-old Escambia County accountant and attorney has pled guilty to filing false tax returns and tax evasion. Between 2010 and 2013, James Scheltema, reported no compensation on his 2011 and 2012 tax returns, despite receiving substantial compensation from stock issuance and the sale of stock. Scheltema tried to evade notice of stock sales by instructing checks be made payable to his wife and to one of the companies he owned, rather than to himself. He will be sentenced April 10^th and could get up to five years in prison.