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OKLAHOMA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION CHARGE

 
	WASHINGTON, D.C. ­ David P. Luse pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, to evading more than $23,000 in taxes on income that included lottery
winnings, the Department of Justice announced.

	According to his plea, Luse, a Tulsa resident, admitted intentionally supplying a false
Form W-4 to his employer to avoid having taxes withheld from his paycheck on his earnings
from his job as an aircraft tool designer.  Luse also admitted paying no taxes on a $1,000 lottery
prize he won from the Washington State Lottery.

	Luse was originally charged in a four-count indictment in April, 1998 in Seattle,
Washington.  Luse pleaded guilty today to count two of the April indictment, which charged him
with owing $23,376 in taxes for Tax year 1992 based on his earnings of $88,416.50 and the
$1,000 lottery prize.

	Judge Terry C. Kern scheduled sentencing for November 12, 1998.  Luse faces a five
year prison term, a $250,000 fine, or both.

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