A sovereign citizen in Washington state, who calls himself the treasurer of the “Assemblies on the Counties at Large,” was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for defrauding the IRS out of more than $2.5 million.Timothy Garrison, who has a previous felony fraud conviction, was sentenced Wednesday for filing fraudulent tax returns. In November, Garrison pleaded guilty to two counts of “assisting with the filing of false tax returns,” which the U.S. Attorney’s office said he did for one couple in order to help them avoid paying over $88,000 in taxes from 2007-2008. He filed more than 50 returns with false information, which amounted to a loss of more than $2.5 million.
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