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The self-proclaimed "president" of the sovereign citizen group Republic for the united States of America (RuSA) was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in federal prison following his conviction on fraud and tax charges.
James Timothy Turner, who goes by the name Tim Turner, was convicted in a federal jury in Alabama in March after court filings and evidence showed that he went around the country in 2008 and 2009, holding seminars on how to submit fraudulent bonds to the government as payment for federal taxes. Turner even once sent a $300 million bond in his own name to the Treasury Department.
He was convicted on conspiracy to defraud the United States, attempting to pay taxes with fictitious financial instruments, attempting to obstruct and impede the IRS, failing to file a 2009 federal income tax return and falsely testifying under oath in a bankruptcy proceeding, according to a Justice Department press release.
So he tried not to pay taxes, got jail time. Wall Street and corporate America do it, and they get rich. Got it.
Sovereign citizen types are dangerous.
But....I cant help but laugh at this. If he is a sovereign citizen, and leads a group of "sovereign citizens"........how can he be president of a bunch of sovereign people? How can he hold power over people that declare no one holds power over them?
If he got 18 years, I wonder what's going to happen to our Congresspeople if they ever don't make good on Social Security and Medicare
Sovereign Citizen President Sentenced To 18 Years In Federal Prison
The head of a domestic terrorist organization and he only gets 18 years. Come on!
The self-proclaimed "president" of the sovereign citizen group Republic for the united States of America (RuSA) was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in federal prison following his conviction on fraud and tax charges.
James Timothy Turner, who goes by the name Tim Turner, was convicted in a federal jury in Alabama in March after court filings and evidence showed that he went around the country in 2008 and 2009, holding seminars on how to submit fraudulent bonds to the government as payment for federal taxes. Turner even once sent a $300 million bond in his own name to the Treasury Department.
He was convicted on conspiracy to defraud the United States, attempting to pay taxes with fictitious financial instruments, attempting to obstruct and impede the IRS, failing to file a 2009 federal income tax return and falsely testifying under oath in a bankruptcy proceeding, according to a Justice Department press release.
I remember this group getting press coverage last year.
