Via NBCWashington.com, we’re sent to this link, which shows luxury items currently up for bid from a Texas auction house that is working with the U.S. Marshals Service to move all of infamous D.C. government embezzler Harriette Walters’ ill-gotten luxury goods. The items aren’t clearly labeled as having belonged to Walters, however, so we’re not sure if all of them were hers, or only some of them. Most of the items are attributed to…
View Larger Map It might not look like much, but this house, located at 6880 Oregon Ave NW, once contained mink coats, designer purses and shoes, a Faberge egg, plus “a pair of silver-plated iguana figurines, a silverware set, a Rolex watch and a silver bar cart.” That’s right, this house used to belong to convicted Office of Tax and Revenue embezzler Harriette Walters. And now it can be yours! Via Reliable Source, the house…
Harriette Walters (D.C. govt. photo) Harriette Walters, the ringleader behind a massive, two-decade-long, $50 million embezzlement scheme run from the inside of the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue, has been sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison today. The prison time is on the high end of the 15 to 18 year sentencing window arranged in her plea agreement. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan handed down the sentence, which also…
The Post takes a look at some court papers filed by the attorney for Office of Tax and Revenue embezzler Harriette Walters, and finds that her legal team is arguing for leniency during sentencing by playing the “she had a rough childhood” card. The lawyer wrote that Walters stole the money so that she could give some of it away, which made her feel better about herself. Tabackman attributed her father’s “central role as…
With news today that the 11th Office of Tax and Revenue embezzlement scheme co-conspirator has received her prison sentence, all we have left in the case is to await the sentencing of mastermind Harriette Walters. Connie Alexander, Walters’ gambling friend who was one of the first people to come forward to cooperate with the authorities in the wake of the scandal, was sentenced to almost four years in prison by U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams…
Del Quentin Wilber files yet another sentencing story in the ongoing Office of Tax and Revenue embezzlement court proceedings. This time, it’s Alethia Grooms, 53, close friend of Harriette Walters and early participant in the $50 million scam. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan sentenced Grooms to just over 3 years in prison today, in addition to restitution in the amount of nearly $651,000. Best tidbit from the courtroom: ‘[The judge] noted that Grooms received…
It’s a been a while since we’ve had any more jail sentences to report in the massive Office of Tax and Revenue embezzlement case. WaPo brings us this one today: Samuel Earl Pope, 61, the former owner of the Head to Toe Salon in Southwest, was sentenced today to four years and three months in prison for his role in the scheme. Pope, who was one of the earlier members of the Harriette Walters-led bunch…
The Post reported this afternoon that one more sentence has been handed down in the Office of Tax and Revenue embezzlement case. Walter R. Jones Jr., 34, the former Bank of America assistant branch manager who helped Harriette Walters deposit a total of 61 checks totaling almost $18 million, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison today. Jones received approximately $360,000 from Walters for his participation in the scheme, a relatively small sum compared…
D.C. Wire has a fantastic tidbit from a series of internal Office of Tax and Revenue emails between District CFO Natwar Gandhi and embezzler of $50 million Harriette Walters. The emails, written in April of 2007, about seven months before the scandal broke, came about after Gandhi sent out an announcement to his employees letting them know that had decided not to accept an offer to become Amtrak’s CFO. Walters replied to Gandhi’s staff-wide email…
Two more sentences have been handed down in the epic story of the Office of Tax and Revenue embezzlement case. The Post reports that Patricia Steven, 73, has been sentenced to five years and two months in prison for her role in the scam, while her estranged husband, Robert, 55, got three years and 10 months. Patricia Steven was a friend of Harriette Walters, and became involved in the embezzlement ring as early as 1990….