ATG NEWS RELEASE: Woman charged for submitting worthless checks to tax department
Posted on Mar 20, 2017 in Latest Department NewsHONOLULU – Attorney General Doug Chin announced that on March 13, 2017, Waianae resident Phyllis Chun was charged with two counts of negotiating a worthless instrument. Ms. Chun mailed two worthless checks to the State Department of Taxation in the amounts of $132,148.81 and $15,201.94.
Attorney General Chin said, “I thank the Tax Department’s investigators for discovering these acts and bringing them to our department to prosecute.”
The misdemeanor charges against Ms. Chun are brought under section 708-857 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. They are punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,000 fine for each count.
Ms. Chun, age 56, is scheduled to make an initial appearance in Honolulu District Court on March 31, 2017.
Ms. Chun is presumed innocent unless and until she is found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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For more information, contact:
Joshua A. Wisch
Special Assistant to the Attorney General
Phone: (808) 586-1284
Email: [email protected]
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