A Baker's Dozen (Federici pleads guilty and another Jared Carpenter expected to plead guilty as well

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A Baker's Dozen
Taxes (and some lies to the Senate) will cost Italia Federici dearly, as was clear from her plea hearing in D.C. federal court this morning.

She faces a guidelines range of 10 to 16 months behind bars, though her cooperation with the Justice Department could lead to a much lower sentence.

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But she's not the only member of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy in trouble for tax fraud. Her vice president, Jared Carpenter, represented by G. Allen Dale, is expected to plead guilty to tax evasion charges in July, lawyers said. He makes the 13th individual charged in connection with the activities of the now-convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

link here: http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2007/06/a_bakers_dozen.html