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  • Rep. Fattah's son sues the IRS

    04/01/2014 5:45:38 PM PDT · by Kid Shelleen · 13 replies
    Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 03/22/2014 | Jonathan Tamari
    Chaka Fattah Jr., son of Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.), is suing the Internal Revenue Service, seeking nearly $1 million in damages for what he says were violations of IRS rules that harmed his reputation and crippled his earning power during an investigation into allegedly unpaid taxes. ---SNIP--- He said that since the raid, his income plummeted, he had to leave his home at the Ritz-Carlton, and he faced additional lawsuits and liens over other debts and unpaid taxes. Fattah Jr., who once drove a Range Rover Sport and cultivated a reputation as a high-end mover in city affairs, had...
  • Lawyer With Washington Ties Charged With Bilking Hedge Fund (10 yr Alcee Hastings aide)

    08/03/2011 12:05:05 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 14 replies
    FINalternatives ^ | August 3, 2011
    A Philadelphia lawyer and aide to a Florida congressman has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ripped off a hedge fund. Mikel Jones' trial on fraud and money laundering charges is set to begin in September in Philadelphia. The longtime aide to Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) and longtime friend of Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.), Jones is accused of using "fraudulent invoices and false representations" to win loans from the New York hedge fund, which is not identified. Jones accepted more than $300,000 in loans from the hedge fund, according to the indictment against him. He is also accused of...