FUEL TAX EVASION HIGHLIGHTSA Report on the Activities of theJoint Federal/State Motor Fuel Tax Compliance ProjectU.S. Department
of TransportationFederal Highway AdministrationVolume 6, Number July 1997IN THE NEWS
Four men and 1 woman have been indicted in a Federal investigation into a 3-state fuel tax scam. Arrested and charged are John Doherty, with conspiracy and falsifying tax records; James Gaudet, with conspiracy; Douglas Hatter, with 2 counts of perjury; and James Lee, with conspiracy. Ann Gaudet Young is a fugitive. The Advocate, Baton Rouge, LA, 1/13/97David H. Werdine of Schmock Oil Corporation, Michigan City, IN, was arrested on charges of failing to remit fuel taxes. The Indiana Department of Revenue's Criminal Investigation Division uncovered Werdine's blending scheme where he mixed kerosene with diesel fuel, charged the customers the fuel tax, but did not report or remit the taxes on the kerosene.
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