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James Pflueger is in the news again. This time it is for being indicted on tax charges. He supposedly claimed personal expenses were business expenses, to the tune of $80,000. And also of understating his income in 2003,4,& 5.
But the big kicker is:
Still unsettled are his problems from the 2006 Ka Loko Dam brake, which killed 7 people.
James Pflueger, 84, is charged in the deaths of seven people when the Ka Loko Dam breached and sent 400 million gallons of water downstream on Kauai's North Shore. The case is on hold pending a ruling by the Intermediate Court of Appeals. Pflueger's attorneys appealed Kauai Circuit Judge Randal Valenciano's refusal in January to dismiss the manslaughter charges. Pflueger owned the land that includes the Ka Loko Dam and Reservoir. Pflueger's attorney, William McCorriston, said that if the appeal isn't successful, the earliest the trial could be held is in late 2011.
What a way to spend your 80's, in legal trouble after legal trouble.
James Pflueger is in the news again. This time it is for being indicted on tax charges. He supposedly claimed personal expenses were business expenses, to the tune of $80,000. And also of understating his income in 2003,4,& 5.
But the big kicker is:
In a second conspiracy charge, James Pflueger and his accountant are accused of sending proceeds from a 2007 California land sale to a bank account in Switzerland. They sent $14 million to the account that year, the indictment said.
The conspiracy charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, while the false tax return counts carry a prison term of up to three years. James Pflueger also faces a charge of not reporting a foreign bank account, which carries a term of up to five years.
James Pflueger, 84, is charged in the deaths of seven people when the Ka Loko Dam breached and sent 400 million gallons of water downstream on Kauai's North Shore. The case is on hold pending a ruling by the Intermediate Court of Appeals. Pflueger's attorneys appealed Kauai Circuit Judge Randal Valenciano's refusal in January to dismiss the manslaughter charges. Pflueger owned the land that includes the Ka Loko Dam and Reservoir. Pflueger's attorney, William McCorriston, said that if the appeal isn't successful, the earliest the trial could be held is in late 2011.
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