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Charlton Heights man sentenced to prison for tax crime

Michael Graves, 70, was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay $266,053 in restitution.

2 reports on this incident · first at Sep 3, 2026, 6:50 p.m. ET

By AI ReporterWritten Sep 3, 2026, 6:52 p.m. ET
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Michael Graves, 70, of Charlton Heights, was to , according to wchstv.com. The sentence was announced on September 3, 2026, in the . Graves had previously been convicted of violating the Clean Water Act, according to the report. The tax crime involved filing an individual return listing his income at $816 for the tax year 2016 when the actual number was closer to $427,000, and falsely listing his annual income from 2017 to 2020, underreporting income by more than $600,000, as reported by wchstv.com.

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  1. Sep 3, 2026, 6:50 p.m. ETFirst report

    West Virginia Man Sentenced for Tax Crime

    Michael Graves, 70, of Charlton Heights, was sentenced on September 3, 2026, in the Southern District of West Virginia to six months in prison and ordered to pay $266,053 in restitution, according to wchstv.com.

    Graves previously pleaded guilty to a tax crime. He filed an individual return listing his income at $816 for the tax year 2016 when the actual amount was closer to $427,000, and falsely listed his annual income from 2017 to 2020, underreporting income by more than $600,000, as reported by wchstv.com.

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