Last year I wrote about David Richardson of nearby Huntington Beach. Mr. Richardson was indicted on five counts of tax fraud (filing false claims), after filing multiple phony refund claims. But what made Mr. Richardson special was what he did when he didn’t get his tax refunds. As I said last year,
“But I do like what he was then alleged to have done. The indictment charges that Mr. Richardson filed a complaint with Congressman David Drier relating to the delay in payment of his allegedly falsely claimed refunds. He also is alleged to have sent a check for $1,990,000 to the IRS that showed amounts of withholding…except that is alleged never to have happened. Oh, the check bounced, too. Now these actions show some chutzpah.”
Mr. Richardson was convicted in November. He got the bad news today: five years at ClubFed, and restitution of $286,345. He’ll have five years of supervised release when he gets out of ClubFed, too. His chutzpah will likely soon be a thing of the past.
News Story: Orange County Register
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