On Oct. 22, 2014, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Veronica Fairchild was sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay over $214,000 in restitution to the IRS for unpaid taxes. Fairchild was convicted in June 2014 of four counts of tax fraud. According to court documents, Fairchild failed to claim over $850,000 in income on her 2005 through 2008 income tax returns which she filed in 2010. Fairchild claimed the unreported income she received from performing private shows as an exotic dancer was a gift.