Mississippi Lawyer Cops Plea After Not Filing Tax Returns for 13 Years

Mississippi attorney Marshall Sanders, 57, (B.A. Economics, Harvard University; J.D., Emory) has pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of failing to file federal income tax returns. From the DOJ press release:

Sanders failed to file tax returns for 2001 and 2002, despite having earned gross income of more than $2 million in 2001 and almost $500,000 in 2002. Sanders, as part of the plea, agreed to pay restitution taxes due and owed for years 2000 through 2002.

Additionally, Sanders, who has not filed a federal income tax return since 1994, agreed as part of his guilty plea to cooperate with the IRS in making a correct determination of his income tax liabilities for years 1995 through the present and to file complete and accurate tax returns for those years.

Sanders was indicted in May 2008 for three counts of income tax evasion for years 2000 through 2002. The indictment alleged that Sanders used his attorney escrow account to hold and dispense his personal income.

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