WWU donors involved in 2004 tax evasion case

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP)  — Two donors whose names will grace a new building at Western Washington University thanks to a $10 million gift were involved in a significant federal tax evasion case in 2004.

The Western Front reports Fred Kaiser and Grace Borsari’s corporations were required to pay $36 million after prosecutors accused them of dodging taxes.

Kaiser and Borsari founded Alpha Technologies, which supplies backup power equipment for the telecommunication industry.

Their pledge, which is the largest in the school’s history, is going toward a new building for electrical engineering, computer science and energy science programs.