Illinois state Rep. LaShawn Ford pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tax fraud Monday at a federal court hearing in Chicago. The Chicago Democrat pleaded guilty to one count of delivering a false federal income tax return for 2007 as part of a plea deal. The misdemeanor carries a maximum sentence of a year in prison and a $100,000 fine. Ford had earlier pleaded not guilty to far more serious charges - eight felony counts of bank fraud and nine counts of submitting false information to the bank. But prosecutors said Monday that they would dismiss all the felony counts at Fords sentencing on Nov. 11. Each of the original counts carried a maximum prison sentence of 30 years and up to $1 million in fines. A felony conviction would have resulted in Ford losing his seat in Springfield. His future in the Illinois Legislature was not immediately clear.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:29:22 +0000
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