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Bank of America Employee Pleads Guilty in $50 million Tax Fraud, Laundering Case

By Matt Squire

A former assistant manager for Bank of America has pleaded guilty to money laundering for his role in a $50 million property tax refund scheme in the District of Columbia Walter Jones, age 33, of Essex, Md., admitted in the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., that from 2000 to 2006 he deposited 61 fraudulent D.C. property tax refund checks totaling $17.9 million and helped distribute the funds to co-conspirators. In return, Jones received $366,000 in cash gifts from the conspirators, prosecutors said. According to authorities, employees of the D.C. tax office, led by former office manager Harriette Walters, issued...

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