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Contact: Don Davis FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Grand Rapids, Michigan – April 28, 2004 –
United States Attorney Margaret M. Chiara and Special Agent in Charge,
Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, Mark Kroczynski,
announced that a federal grand jury has charged James D. Darland,
age 61, and his wife, Clodella, age 60, both of Hickory Corners, Michigan,
with one count of conspiring to defraud the United States by impeding
and obstructing the lawful functions of the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) and seven counts of willfully failing to file income tax returns.
The indictment was returned April 20, 2004, and the Darlands were
arrested the next day. The Darlands were arraigned on these charges
on April 27, 2004. According to the indictment, the Darlands owned and
operated “Darland Computers,” of Hickory Corners, which
sold computer hardware and software, as well as technical support.
In addition, the indictment charges that, from 1993 through 2002,
the Darlands deposited over 2.3 million dollars into their joint bank
account, including payments from their computer customers, but that
they failed to file federal and state tax returns for any of those
years. The indictment also charges that the Darlands transferred their
residence into a sham trust in exchange for one dollar as part of
their scheme to evade the payment of taxes. The charges in an indictment are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law. |
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