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other income or any gifts during the years in issue. During the
interview, Ms. Alexander specifically asked Mr. Welker about the
cash payments Mr. Welker received from Brockland Pontiac from
1984 through 1987; however, Mr. Welker told Ms. Alexander that he
did not want to comment on this matter.
On March 30, 1989, Ms. Alexander and Mr. Neighbors met with
Mr. Welker. Again, Mr. Welker told Ms. Alexander that he did not
want to discuss the cash payments he received from Brockland
Pontiac.
It was not until June 9, 1989, that Mr. Welker was willing
to discuss the cash payments. Mr. Welker admitted that he did
receive cash payments from Brockland Pontiac. Mr. Welker,
however, claimed that the cash payments were gifts.
In United States v. Roy G. Welker, Criminal No. 90-30042-WLB
(S.D. Ill. Dec. 14, 1990), Mr. Welker was charged with willfully
filing false income tax returns for 1984 and 1986 in violation of
section 7206(1) (the criminal tax case). During the criminal tax
case, in addition to filing amended tax returns for the years in
issue and reporting the cash payments from Brockland Pontiac as
income, Mr. Welker filed a document entitled "Defendant's Version
of the Offense" with the District Court. In this document, Mr.
Welker admitted that when he prepared his income tax returns for
the years in issue he knew that he should have reported the cash
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