County assessor charged for tax evasion and mail fraud

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October 16th, 2009. A county assessor in Christian County, Missouri has been charged for tax evasion and mail fraud [1]

[edit] Charges

As county assessor of Christian County, Sandra Bryant-Littles had the responsibility of ensuring that evaluations of property were fair. To have a fair evaluation of property, a property owner must fully disclose his or her pieces of property. But Sandra Bryant-Littles, however, is said to have purposely avoided disclosing some of her properties. She is said to have,for example, failed to disclose six of her vehicles she owns. These vehicles, thus, went untaxed. Now Sandra Bryant-Littles faces charged for her supposed tax evasion.[2]

In addition to tax evasion, Sandra Bryant-Littles is being charged for mail fraud. She is said to have received a bill from the county collector that underrepresented the expenses she had to pay. Instead of informing the tax collector of the mistake, Bryant-Littles is said to have intentionally mailed the underrepresented amount back. The charge of mail fraud against Bryant-littles rests on this.[3]

[edit] Office

While federal prosecutors have pursued the case, there has been a question of whether Bryant-Littles should be removed from office. There are certain prodecures that, if followed, could lead to her removal of offices. The county prosecutor, however, says that the charges against her have not been proven to be true. To this day, Bryant-Littles continues to hold office as the county assessor.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ News-Leader.com, Christian County assessor arrest
  2. ↑ News-Leader.com, Christian County assessor arrest
  3. ↑ News-Leader.com, Christian County assessor arrest
  4. ↑ News-Leader.com, Christian County assessor arrest


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