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Wednesday, January 22, 1997 Page:
SCRANTON — A Wilkes-Barre man who falsely obtained a federal tax refund
check while in jail was sentenced Tuesday to 27 months in federal prison.
Reuben C. Jones, 40, of Kidder Street, Wilkes-Barre, was sentenced by U.S.
District Judge William Nealon in federal court. Jones had pleaded guilty to
two counts of conspiracy to defraud the government.
Jones, who spent 1992 in various prisons, including Luzerne and Lackawanna
county facilities, obtained a false Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement that said
he earned $8,000 in 1992 at Nolan’s Business Center, Pittston. He used the
form to file a false claim for an income tax refund and received a check for
$3,055, the indictment said.
Jones, who already was being held at the Luzerne County Correctional
Facility prior to sentencing, also will serve three years of supervisory
release after his prison sentence.
He faced a maximum of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.