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an account balance that purportedly included the funds petitioner
had obtained from the Kieffers.
Petitioner’s Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Proceedings
In September 1996, petitioner filed a petition with the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey under 11 U.S.C.
chapter 7.2 In December 1996, petitioner received a discharge
from his debts in bankruptcy.
In 1999, the Kieffers sued petitioner in the Superior Court
of New Jersey for the return of the money petitioner had
fraudulently obtained from them. In 2000, the civil action was
resolved by an order for judgment by consent, dated June 25,
2000, whereby petitioner was ordered to pay the Kieffers $90,000.
The consent judgment required petitioner to pay stated sums on or
before certain specified dates and gave the Kieffers a first
priority lien on funds in his Thrift Savings Plan and FERS
accounts as well as any proceeds he was entitled to receive from
an unrelated personal injury suit.
On or about October 4, 2000, petitioner entered into a plea
agreement with the United States Attorney for the District of New
Jersey. He pleaded guilty to a one-count felony information
charging him with devising an artifice and scheme to defraud and
to obtain money through false pretenses, representations, and
2 Petitioner did not list any of the Kieffers as creditors
on his bankruptcy petition.
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