Saturday, February 20, 2010
Former W. Va. Whitewater Rafting Executive Pleads Guilty
WEST VIRGINIA....
Fifty-nine year old Carl W. Steward of Asheville, N.C., entered his guilty plea to tax evasion this week in U.S. District Court in Charleston. Steward admitted that, while working as a marketing executive for American-Canadian Expeditions Ltd., a West Virginia whitewater rafting company, he underreported his income for the 2000 tax year. Steward says he told a vendor to pay him a commission and received about $46,000 from the vendor. He faces up to five years in prison when sentenced May 26th.
Fifty-nine year old Carl W. Steward of Asheville, N.C., entered his guilty plea to tax evasion this week in U.S. District Court in Charleston. Steward admitted that, while working as a marketing executive for American-Canadian Expeditions Ltd., a West Virginia whitewater rafting company, he underreported his income for the 2000 tax year. Steward says he told a vendor to pay him a commission and received about $46,000 from the vendor. He faces up to five years in prison when sentenced May 26th.