Upshaw Faces Tax Charges, Paper Reports
FT. WAYNE, Ind. — Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Assn., faces possible criminal charges of tax evasion, the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel reported today.
The Justice Department is considering such charges, the newspaper said, citing what it described as a congressional source familiar with a Labor Department investigation into the union’s financial records.
A Washington television station, WJLA, reported Wednesday night that the Labor Department concluded its yearlong audit of the association’s records and gave some of the information to the Justice Department.
The congressional source told the News-Sentinel that scrutiny of those records went “miles beyond†an ordinary review.
According to the source, a Justice Department internal memo “strongly suggests†that there is sufficient evidence to indict Upshaw, a 15-year NFL veteran and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The same memo requests an “expeditious†determination of whether charges should be brought against Upshaw.
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