Longtime motorsports leader Larry McClure is off to federal prison for dodging taxes.
U.S. Western District Judge James P. Jones sentenced McClure to 18 months for filing a false income tax return, obstructing the federal investigation and lying to Internal Revenue Service investigators, reports the Bristol Herald Courier. In addition, he will have to pay $125,000 [...]
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Tax fraud brings 18 month sentence for McClure
April 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Abingdon, U.S. District Court
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Prominent Abingdon citizen admits embezzling
March 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Abingdon, Fraud
A civic leader and former legal secretary has acknowledging stealing thousands from a retired doctor.
Jean Neal is charged with one count of embezzlement and 32 counts each of forgery, uttering a forged instrument and obtaining money under false pretenses, reports the Bristol Herald-Courier.
Neal worked part time as a private secretary and bookkeeper for [...]
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Abingdon’s Moonlite gets landmark designation
June 7th, 2007 · Comments Off · Abingdon, Virginia Landmarks
Join me for a drive from Bristol to Abingdon down in Southwest Virginia. We’ll avoid Interstate 81 and choose old Lee Highway instead.
Past the building that a guy made into a church by putting a steeple on an old auto-parts store. Past the mom-and-pop motels from the 1950s. Past the Wal-Mart and other big [...]
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