A convicted tax defier faces charges for allegedly filing a fraudulent $1.3 billion lien against an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Maryland and seeking false tax refunds, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Andrew Isaac Chance, a retired D.C. transit authority employee from Clinton, Md., filed the lien last year against the property of the prosecutor who handled the original false income tax return case against him, according to a federal grand jury indictment returned Monday.
The court document identifies the Assistant U.S. Attorney as “S.D.” A news release issued after Chance’s conviction in 2007 names Maryland Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Dunne as the prosecutor in the tax return case.
The Maryland resident is also charged with filing more false tax returns, which allegedly sought $900,000.
A trial date hasn’t been scheduled yet. He faces up to 25 years in prison and a fine as much as $1 million, if convicted.
Chance’s wife, Liza Chance, declined comment to Main Justice when reached by telephone. A DOJ spokeswoman didn’t have an immediate comment.
In October 2007, Chance was sentenced to 27 months in prison and two years of supervised release for filing the false tax return. He was released from prison in June 2009 and is now serving supervised release.
Tax Division Trial Attorneys Jen E. Ihlo and Mark S. McDonald are prosecuting the case.
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