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Mr. Fisher's Tax Liability
Mr. Fisher was employed by the Department of General
Services for the State of Florida from 1985 through April 1992.
Mr. Fisher's duties in this capacity included overseeing the
contracts between the State of Florida and telephone carriers
such as AT&T and Southern Bell, whereby these carriers would pay
commissions to the State measured by the use of their services at
pay telephones located on State property.
Sometime prior to June 1991, Mr. Fisher identified certain
pay telephones that were not then covered under any State agency
contract with the carriers. In order to receive the commissions
generated by these telephones, Mr. Fisher created three
fictitious entities and gave them names that sounded like
legitimate State agencies, such as "Florida Transportation-
Maintenance", "Florida Maintenance and Repair", and "Florida
Rehabilitative Service". When the agency contracts with the
carriers were negotiated in July 1991, Mr. Fisher caused separate
contracts to be entered into between the fictitious entities and
the carriers with respect to these telephones.
During the 8-month period beginning in August 1991, and
continuing through March 1992, Mr. Fisher diverted approximately
$300,000 in commissions that should have been paid to the State
of Florida. The diverted commissions were paid to the three
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