tac10
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Post by tac10 on May 21, 2015 20:20:36 GMT -5
I found this on yahoo.
Patricia Driscoll, the former girlfriend of Kurt Busch, is alleged to have embezzled from the Armed Forces Foundation and used funds to pay for personnel expenses, according to an ESPN Outside the Lines investigation.
The report cites many misuses of donations given to the Armed Forces Foundation, of which Driscoll serves as president, along with discrepancies on federal tax filings. Among the examples: •The Armed Forces Foundation paid for Driscoll's young son to fly around the country, though he was not acting in an official capacity for the non-profit organization. •Federal tax filings failed to reconcile with audits, which showed numerous discrepancies exceeding hundreds of thousands of dollars. Driscoll also didn't properly disclose "substantial" bonuses she received for fundraising. A former foundation employee has provided information and documents to the FBI and is planning to file a federal whistleblower complaint with the Internal Revenue Service against Driscoll. •ESPN said 72 cents of every dollar raised by the Armed Forces Foundation goes to supporting military members and their families instead of 95 cents, as claimed by the non-profit. •In documents obtained by ESPN, Driscoll used a credit card from her own company, Frontline Defense Systems, to pay for herself and Busch to travel to Paris and Morocco. Driscoll later paid off the bill using an Armed Forces Foundation credit card. The Armed Forces Foundation also paid off another set of transactions totaling more than $130,000, which included expenses for massage treatments, personal medical expenses, toy store purchases and grocery bills. •Overall, 17 times in a 19-month span the Armed Forces Foundation paid expenses Driscoll accrued through Frontline Defense System.
Driscoll declined comment to ESPN though a spokesperson.
Driscoll and Busch ended their multi-year relationship last September, and a week later were involved in a highly publicized incident at Dover International Speedway. Driscoll alleges Busch grabbed her by the throat and slammed her head against a wall inside his motorhome.
A Family Court Commissioner granted Driscoll an order of protection against Busch in February, just days before the season-opening Daytona 500. The 2004 Cup Series champion was suspended indefinitely. He returned after missing three races, a week after Delaware authorities declined to charges him for domestic abuse, citing lack of evidence.
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Post by pegbundy on May 21, 2015 22:52:42 GMT -5
Karma: The doctrine of inevitable consequence.
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Post by 14fan on May 24, 2015 15:25:17 GMT -5
This is so good.
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Post by 221dayton on Sept 21, 2016 10:02:50 GMT -5
Kurt Busch's ex-girlfriend charged with stealing from military charity
ESPN 9/20/16
WASHINGTON -- The former girlfriend of NASCAR driver Kurt Busch was charged Tuesday with stealing from a military charity she led.
Court documents don't say how much prosecutors believe Patricia Driscoll took from the District of Columbia-based Armed Forces Foundation, whose mission is to support service members, veterans and their families.
But a 2014 tax form for the nonprofit says that the "foundation has become aware of suspected misappropriations" by Driscoll totaling more than $599,000 for the years 2006 to 2014. It says she misused money for meals, travel, parking tickets, makeup and personal gifts.
Driscoll, 38, was indicted on seven federal charges: two counts each of wire fraud, mail fraud and tax evasion, and one count of attempts to interfere with administration of Internal Revenue laws. She also faces a first-degree fraud charge under District of Columbia law.
Driscoll is expected to surrender and enter a plea on Wednesday.
The indictment alleges Driscoll falsely categorized and caused others to falsely categorize expenses in the foundation's books and records as being for veterans and their families, "when in fact they were for her own private benefit." She is also accused of concealing from the foundation's accountants money she took from the charity, such as foundation funds being spent on office space in a building that she co-owned.
Driscoll was part of "a scheme" to allegedly use "forged documents, false accounting entries, inflated donation amounts, and false statements in order to convince donors to give money to the AFF, thereby enriching herself," according to the indictment.
Driscoll declined to comment when reached Tuesday, referring questions to attorney Barry Pollack.
"It's a sad day that this matter has progressed to criminal allegations," Pollack told ESPN. "The charges are completely unproven. Ms. Driscoll looks forward to having the opportunity to contest them in court."
The joint FBI-IRS investigation began in 2015 after ESPN's Outside the Lines reported on questionable practices by Driscoll during her 12-year run as executive director of the foundation, which has ties to sports-related entities, including NASCAR.
Among the practices raised in the Outside the Lines reports:
• Documents show the Armed Forces Foundation had, in effect, been repeatedly used as a bank to lend money for or pay various personal expenses, including bills for a private company Driscoll owns.
• The nonprofit's federal tax filings and audit reports in some instances failed to match, resulting in unexplained discrepancies about the amount of cash on hand, the mismatches totaling in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
• Until May 4, 2015, the foundation paid Driscoll and another person $96,000 in annual rent for its headquarters -- a building they co-owned -- which is operating in apparent violation of Washington zoning regulations.
Documents also showed personal expense issues: The foundation wrote a $15,000 check toward Driscoll's legal fees to a law firm involved in her child-custody case; it paid $6,315.22 for an infrared security camera shipped to her Maryland residence; and it picked up the tab for personal expenses on vacations to Paris and Morocco.
Alongside Driscoll's $171,027 foundation salary, documents show she received substantial bonuses for fundraising -- none of which was declared on the foundation's tax filings or audit reports reviewed by Outside the Lines.
In addition, records show that, for 17 months in a 19-month stretch in 2012-13, the foundation paid the credit card bill of Driscoll's private security business, Frontline Defense Systems. The FDS charges totaled more than $100,000 and included massage treatments, dermatology visits and other personal medical expenses, toy store purchases and grocery bills, among others.
Driscoll and Bush had a very public breakup in 2014 after she accused him of physically and verbally abusing her about a week after they split. Driscoll said Busch smashed her head into a bedroom wall and choked her in his motorhome at Dover International Speedway in Delaware.
Law enforcement officials said there was not enough evidence to bring criminal charges against him, but a family court commissioner in the state ultimately granted her request for a protective order requiring Busch to stay away from her.
As a result, NASCAR suspended Busch two days before the Daytona 500. He sat out the first three races of the 2015 season before being reinstated.
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Post by 221dayton on Sept 23, 2016 10:38:10 GMT -5
Patricia Driscoll Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ on All Counts of Federal Indictment
Patricia Pauline Driscoll, 38, walked into the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, which sits in the shadows of the nation's Capitol, early Wednesday morning to turn herself over to U.S. Marshals after being indicted on two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud, two counts of tax evasion, one count of interference with the administrations of IRS laws and one count of 1st degree fraud
She was kept in a holding cell until her arraignment at 1:45pm that afternoon.
Standing before U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey, Driscoll was dressed in a khaki suit with her hair in a bun and sporting dark-rimmed spectacles, she stood mostly silent, except to answer the Judge and converse with her attorney.
She acknowledged she understood the charges against her and that she also understood her right to remain silent. Speaking on her behalf, her attorney Barry Pollock, said his client pleads, "not guilty on all counts."
Driscoll was released on her own recognizance but must report weekly to the federal Pre-Trial Services Division and surrender her passport. She was also ordered to stay within 50-miles of Washington D.C. unless she get permission from pre-trial services and is forbidden to leave the country without an order form the court.
She will also be drug tested.
“Everyone gets drug tested,” Judge Harvey told her after being told by Pre-Trial Services officer than they were unable to get a sample while she was in her holding cell.
(Kickin the Tires) (9-23-2016)
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Post by Busch-fan on Dec 5, 2016 13:34:50 GMT -5
Wonder if this is near going to court.
I hope Driscoll is insanely jealous about Kurt having a real marriage and life ahead of him.
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Post by 221dayton on Oct 24, 2017 9:47:07 GMT -5
Court date of February 5, 2018 set for Patricia Driscoll
The federal criminal trial of Patricia Pauline Driscoll on charges she defrauded the Armed Forces Foundation (AFF) and used funds earmarked to help wounded soldiers and their families as her own personal slush fund for travel, alcohol and jewelry, among other things, is set for February 5, 2018, according to court documents obtained by Kickin' the Tires.
She was originally indicted on seven federal criminal counts alleging an attempt to interfere with the administration of Internal Revenue Service laws, wire fraud, mail fraud, fraud and tax evasion, according to the indictment unsealed September 20, 2016. Earlier this year, one count of the indictment - attempt to interfere with the administration of Internal Revenue Service laws - was dismissed after she appealed the charge. She still faces six counts in the original indictment, which could carry multiple years in prison, fines and restitution if she is found guilty. An indictment is not a finding of guilt but a stage in the criminal process that indicates there is enough evidence to move forward to criminal proceedings.
Accused of misappropriating, at least, $599,000 from the Armed Forces Foundation, which she ran for 12 years, Driscoll's credit card and banking records indicate she bought jewelry, liquor, paid travel expenses and bought groceries using the charity's money or reimbursed herself from charitable funds for such purchases. She also used money from the charity to benefit her personal company, Frontline Defense Systems, which had a few small government contracts. After she was removed from her position as executive director, the AFF filed documentation with the IRS alleging the misuse of funds.
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Post by pegbundy on Oct 26, 2017 22:35:56 GMT -5
Good to hear. Hope she is convicted. She is a monster.
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Post by 221dayton on Oct 21, 2018 12:04:43 GMT -5
Patricia Driscoll's trail set to begin 10/22/18
Scott Page ESPN 10/21/2018
Jurors in the federal criminal trial of Patricia Pauline Driscoll, former head of the Armed Forces Foundation (AFF), return to the courtroom Monday as prosecutors begin their case with their first witness explaining how Driscoll defrauded the military support charity she ran for personal gain.
Driscoll is facing a seven-count federal indictment alleging two counts of wire fraud, two counts of mail fraud, one count of tax evasion for 2012, one count of tax evasion for 2013 and one count of first-degree fraud. Originally, Driscoll faced an eight-count indictment but the first count of interfering with the administration of IRS laws was dismissed.
Over the next six to eight weeks federal prosecutors intend to show Driscoll was a manipulative bully who lied to donors, the IRS, the charity's board of directors and used more than $500,000 to pay her personal expenses, buy jewelry, alcohol, personal items and business expenses. The court will be in session Monday through Thursday, except on federal holidays, until the case is concluded and will meet only on Monday and Tuesday during the week of Thanksgiving.
Driscoll is the former girlfriend of NASCAR Cup Series champion Kurt Busch and used his status and connections to NASCAR to solicit money and other donations for the AFF. During the jury selection process, known as Voir Dire, Judge Leon asked jurors if they would be swayed one way or the other by the mentioning of Busch or NASCAR. He said Busch was not expected to be called as a witness for either side in the case. No one raised their hand to indicate they would be influenced by the references.
Driscoll resigned from the AFF in 2015 and the charity was forced to close because of its financial problems. She is currently suing the charity for money she claims she is owed but the case is delayed pending the outcome of the federal criminal case against her. The AFF responded to her lawsuit in a Washington DC Superior Court filing calling her a "thief."
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Post by 221dayton on Nov 30, 2018 12:40:26 GMT -5
Kurt Busch's ex-girlfriend guilty of fraud, tax evasion
Bob Pockrass NASCAR 11/29/2019
Patricia Driscoll, Kurt Busch's former girlfriend and Armed Forces Foundation executive director, was found guilty of fraud and tax evasion Thursday by a federal jury, according to a Department of Justice spokesman.
After four days of jury deliberation that followed five weeks of testimony in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Driscoll was found guilty on two counts of wire fraud, one count of first-degree fraud and two counts of tax evasion.
Federal prosecutors, according to the indictment, alleged Driscoll lied to donors by stating that 94 to 96 percent of all donations went to military members and their families; that she falsely directed the foundation's books to characterize that that money went to veterans and their families when it went to her; and that she filed false tax returns that did not include commissions from fundraising and other benefits she received in addition to her salary.
Sentencing is scheduled for mid-March, and Driscoll will remain free on a personal recognizance until sentencing. The statutory maximum sentence for the crimes is 35 years in prison, but sentences rarely come close to the statutory maximums.
Driscoll attorney Brian Stolarz said Driscoll plans to appeal the verdict. During the trial, Stolarz made a motion for a mistrial in which he referenced Driscoll's earlier dealings with the government; that motion was denied. According to court documents, Stolarz argued that an IRS agent had an obligation, when asked if he worked for the government during a break in a 2015 Driscoll child custody hearing, to disclose he worked for the IRS. He also argued that the IRS agent never documented a meeting with Driscoll's ex-husband.
"The jury did not get it right -- Patricia Driscoll is innocent," Stolarz said in a statement. "We are very disappointed by the verdict and the government's misconduct in this case. We will appeal. This is not the final chapter to this story."
The joint FBI-IRS investigation began in 2015 after ESPN's Outside the Lines reported on questionable practices by Driscoll during her 12-year run as executive director of the foundation, which had ties to sports-related entities, including NASCAR and Busch. The foundation has since shut down.
In the days following their 2014 breakup, Driscoll accused Busch of physically assaulting her. Driscoll testified in court that Busch smashed her head into a bedroom wall and choked her in his motor home at Dover (Delaware) International Speedway. Busch claimed Driscoll entered his motor home uninvited -- they had broken up a week earlier -- and he cupped her face with his hands while repeatedly asking her to leave.
Law enforcement officials determined there was not enough evidence to bring criminal charges against Busch.
A family court commissioner granted Driscoll's request for a protective order, which resulted in NASCAR suspending Busch two days before the 2015 Daytona 500. He sat out the first three races of the 2015 season before being reinstated.
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