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Judge Re-Sentences First Lady Of Tax Fraud To 21 Years
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On Thursday U. S. Dis- trict Judge James S. Moody, Jr., re-sentenced a Tampa woman to prison after it was determined an error was made during her sentencing. This was the sec- ond time Ms. Rashia Wil- son, known as “The First Lady of Tax Fraud,” stood be- fore Judge Moody. th
Last December, the 11 Court of Appeals overturned her original sentence The Court ruled Judge Moody miscalculated the amount of time Ms. Wilson would spend in prison. The Court ruling stated the procedural error occurred when the court improperly calculated the number of months Ms. Wilson would serve in prison. But, the Court al- lowed the conviction to stand.
In July 2013, Judge Moody sentenced Ms. Wil- son, to 18 months for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and 210 months (17.5 years) for wire fraud. She was also sentenced to 24 months for aggravated iden- tity theft, which will run con- secutively to the other sentence.
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RASHIA WILSON Sentence Overturned
She was accused of ob- taining more than $2.2 mil- lion in illegal federal income tax returns. At the time of the indictment, federal authori- ties seized several items in- cluding a 2013 Audi A8L, valued at more than $90,000. She agreed to for- feit the car, expensive purses, a necklace with her name spelled in jewels, along with other high-end property.
Judge Moody re-sen- tenced Ms. Wilson to a total of 21 years in prison. This is the same amount of time she had received prior to her ap- peal, a spokesperson for the U. S. State Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida said.
The baseball and softball teams of FAMU will be in Tampa Friday, March 13th through Sunday, March 15th to take on the Bulls of the Uni- versity of South Florida.
The baseball team will take play in the USF Baseball Sta- dium on Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p. m., and Sunday at 1 p. m.
The softball team will par- ticipate in the Michelle Smith Spring Break Invitational Tournament on Friday at 4:15. They will be at the Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater.
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The FAMU Plant City Alumni Annual Orange and Green Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Rogers Park Golf Course.
For additional information, call (813) 833-5820, or go to http://www.Plant City Rat- tlers.com.
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