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[LA] State Rep. Girod Jackson III charged with fraud and failing to file taxes
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| Last Edited | RBH Aug 22, 2013 06:25pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New Orleans Times-Picayune |
| News Date | Friday, August 23, 2013 12:25:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | State Rep. Girod Jackson III, whose firm was at the center of a federal audit of the Jefferson Parish Housing Authority, was charged with fraud and failure to file taxes in a federal bill of information released Thursday.
U.S. Attorney Dana Boente's office charged Jackson with one count of making a fraudulent statement in his tax returns and two counts of willful failure to file taxes.
Prosecutors alleged that Jackson's 2006 federal tax return misrepresented how much his company, Diversified Ventures, earned that year. They said the company made about $600,000 from contracts with public and private entities, but that tax forms Jackson and his wife filed listed only $108,000 of the company's income. In doing so, the charges said, the Jacksons avoided paying almost $80,000 in taxes.
Jackson did not return a telephone message Thursday seeking comment. Jackson's wife was not charged in the documents filed. |
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