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Former Gray aide Reuben Charles pleads guilty to tax charge Former Gray aide Reuben Charles pleads guilty to tax charge
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Reuben O. Charles II, a Washington businessman and onetime aide to former mayor Vincent C. Gray (D), pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal misdemeanor tax charge and admitted to failing to file tax returns for 2010 and 2011. Reuben O. Charles II, a Washington businessman and onetime aide to former mayor Vincent C. Gray (D), pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal misdemeanor tax charge and admitted failing to file tax returns for 2010 and 2011.
He faces up to a year in prison.He faces up to a year in prison.
Charles, 46, through his attorney, estimated a loss to taxpayers of more than $40,000 in the case and argued that a sentence of 10 months was appropriate, according to a plea agreement with prosecutors.Charles, 46, through his attorney, estimated a loss to taxpayers of more than $40,000 in the case and argued that a sentence of 10 months was appropriate, according to a plea agreement with prosecutors.
[Former Gray aide indicted on tax charges][Former Gray aide indicted on tax charges]
Prosecutors pegged the loss to the U.S. treasury at more than $100,000, and seek a one-year prison term. The government said Charles could also face a ­fine of $5,500 to $55,000 at sentencing set for April 15 before U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan in Washington. Prosecutors pegged the loss to the U.S. treasury at more than $100,000, and seek a one-year prison term. The government said Charles could also face a ­fine of $5,500 to $55,000 at sentencing, set for April 15 before U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan in Washington.
Charles is the eighth person with an association to Gray to be charged in federal court. All have pleaded guilty. U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips in December announced the end of the years-long probe into the illegal financing of Gray’s 2010 campaign without charges against the former mayor. Charles is the eighth person with an association to Gray to be charged in federal court. All have pleaded guilty.
U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips in December announced the end of the years-long probe into the illegal financing of Gray’s 2010 campaign without charges against the former ­mayor.
[Probe ends without charges against former D.C. mayor Vincent Gray][Probe ends without charges against former D.C. mayor Vincent Gray]
Charles managed Gray’s mayoral transition but fell out of the running for chief of staff in 2010 after publicity surrounding a series of lawsuits and liens from his time as a venture capitalist ­in St. Louis.Charles managed Gray’s mayoral transition but fell out of the running for chief of staff in 2010 after publicity surrounding a series of lawsuits and liens from his time as a venture capitalist ­in St. Louis.
Charles, a married father of two school-aged boys who moved to the District in 2007, became an information technology consultant to the D.C. government and Metro. He became a prominent fundraising conduit for Gray’s campaign.Charles, a married father of two school-aged boys who moved to the District in 2007, became an information technology consultant to the D.C. government and Metro. He became a prominent fundraising conduit for Gray’s campaign.
[ Campaign operative’s past looms large in his future with next D.C. mayor ][ Campaign operative’s past looms large in his future with next D.C. mayor ]