March 8, 2010 - COLUMBIA, SC—Acting United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald announced today that a three-count felony information has been filed charging ERNEST W. CROMARTIE, II, age 64, of Columbia. The information charges CROMARTIE (who has agreed in a plea agreement filed contemporaneously with the information to waive the presentation of an indictment to a grand jury) with one count of tax evasion, a violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7201, and two counts of structuring monetary transactions to evade reporting requirements, violations of Title 31, United States Code, Sections 5324(a)(3) and 5324(d).
The maximum penalty CROMARTIE could receive if convicted on count one is five years' imprisonment and a fine of $250,000. The maximum sentence CROMARTIE could receive on counts two and three is 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of $500,000 on each count.
The case was investigated by agents of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigative Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case has been assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Mark C. Moore of the Columbia office for prosecution.
Mr. McDonald stated that the charges in the information are merely accusations and that the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Mr. McDonald further stated that a hearing will be scheduled after the case is assigned to a United States district judge.
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