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DC tax fraud ringleader gets 17 years in prison

Jun. 30, 2009
A former Washington, D.C., employee has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for leading a scheme that stole nearly $50 million from the city using fraudulent property tax refund checks. Former D.C. tax office manager Harriette Walters pleaded guilty in...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch