Business manager pleads guilty in falsely claiming $4M tax refund

By Nelson Daranciang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 12, 2013

~~<p>A man who cashed an income tax refund check for nearly $4 million pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Monday to making a false claim against the IRS and to filing fraudulent, retaliatory liens against two federal judges and two federal prosecutors after his indictment for the false tax return.</p>
<p>Francis E. Chandler III faces a maximum five-year prison term plus a fine of up to twice the loss or gain from his action when he is sentenced in June. He has agreed to repay the government $3,066,629.</p>
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A man who cashed an income tax refund check for nearly $4 million pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Monday to making a false claim against the IRS and to filing fraudulent, retaliatory liens against two federal judges and two federal prosecutors after his indictment for the false tax return.

Francis E. Chandler III faces a maximum five-year prison term plus a fine of up to twice the loss or gain from his action when he is sentenced in June. He has agreed to repay the government $3,066,629. Login for more...