The cliche, “He who lives in a glass house shouldn’t throw stones,” is the theme of this post. Let’s take Larry Hill of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Mr. Hill had a tax preparation business. He made this YouTube video asking young people to think before they act:
Unfortunately, Mr. Hill had his own issues. From the DOJ press release when he pleaded guilty to conspiracy:
Between 2010 and 2012, HILL and his co-conspirators filed well over 2,000 federal income tax returns for HTS customers that claimed, collectively, over $14 million in tax refunds. Most of the HTS returns reported materially false information – including false dependents, income, and withholdings – in order to maximize the earned income tax credit and otherwise cause the issuance of inflated refunds. HILL and his co-conspirators pocketed a portion of every fraudulent tax refund that was issued. According to the criminal information, HILL personally collected, on average, $1,000 or more from each such refund.
Today, he found out how long he would face at ClubFed: 100 months (a little over 8 years). While Mr. Hill could have received 125 months, prosecutors asked for the bottom end of the range because he cooperated with authorities. But as WRAL reported,
The judge agreed to the lower sentence of 100 months but said Hill deserved the “most severe punishment to reflect the seriousness of the offense,” pointing out that Hill used much of the money to buy himself expensive jewelry and cars, including a Maserati. The judge also noted that Hill was on supervised release from an insurance fraud prison term when he committed the tax fraud.
Mr. Hill had emailed WRAL when his legal troubles emerged, and stated,
“He without sin cast the first stone,” Hill wrote, adding that “life would be boring” if everyone was like actor Bill Cosby.
That might be boring, but I’m betting that Bill Cosby lives an exciting life compared with the 100 months that Mr. Hill will spend at ClubFed.
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