http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/04/lashawn-ford-tax-fraud_n_5648179.html
I guess it helps to have some friends in high places.Ford had earlier pleaded not guilty to far more serious charges - eight felony counts of bank fraud and nine counts of submitting false information to the bank. But prosecutors said Monday that they would dismiss all the felony counts at Ford's sentencing on Nov. 11.