SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted Ronald James Davenport of Deer Park, Wash., on charges of filing fraudulent multi-billion-dollar claims against four government officials.
The federal government brought a civil lawsuit against Davenport in 2008 to collect delinquent income taxes. The indictment alleges that in retaliation, Davenport made a series of fraudulent claims seeking $5.1 billion each from the U.S. attorney and assistant U.S. attorney for Eastern Washington, the clerk of federal court and an IRS collection officer.
If convicted, Davenport faces a maximum of 40 years in prison and a maximum fine of $1 million.
