Eighth Defendant Pleads Guilty In Alleged Property Tax Scheme -...

This should not become a cold case of trickled information being sent out to the consitutients/taxpayers of the District of Columbia. The fact the the DC Tax & Revenue Office was dumbfounded of a few employees who were scamming the system and willingly taking taxpayers money for their own personal, materialistic, show boating, needs is outrageous and pathetic. For the system to make deals or have allowances for these greedy individuals to have the option of pleading out for lighter sentencing is once again a slap in the face of the taxpayers of the District of Columbia. Its amazing that they are given the choice of having a concious now that the scheme has been reognized..but never had a second thought when they were doing it. It clearly shows that without representation in this city that you can commit any crime and if you admit to wrongdoing afterwards..well lets make a deal. Each and everyone of the individuals that participated in this mass taking of Government funds should be made an example of for all taxpayers to see.

every crime that is committed is thought about-but it is the consequence behind the crime that they never consider.and pathetic yes they are-outrageous yes they are. they just didn't know when enough was enough and get out.greed will get you everytime no-matter what time it is.

According to court documents, Steven met a conspirator in the mid-1970s and became involved in the scheme in the late 1980s when the conspirator proposed that Steven deposit a check drawn on D.C. government bank account and made payable to her.

The conspirator said Steven would be allowed to keep a portion of the check but would have to return a large portion to the conspirator, according to court documents.

Steven agreed and deposited the check, knowing it was fraudulently obtained, court records showed.

Steven and the conspirator continued their arrangement until November 2007, making 72 check or cash deposits into Steven's account, with amounts ranging from initial deposits of more than $3,559 to deposits of up to $490,000

Since the 1980's this has been going on? Are all people envolved accounted for?

lock everyone of them up and throw away the keys