JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Former Jacksonville Congresswoman Corrine Brown has completed paying restitution for tax crimes, according to court documents.
Brown originally pleaded guilty to trying to interfere with the Internal Revenue Service. They said she didn’t report all of her income and lied about her charitable donations on her tax returns.
Recent court documents show the U.S. Attorney’s Office released the lien after Brown had completed paying over $62,000 in restitution.
The document was filed to the Clerk of Court on Feb. 4, but it’s unclear exactly when those payments were made.
Brown served as a U.S. Representative for the district that includes Jacksonville from 1993 until 2016, when she was indicted on federal fraud charges.
The charges were related to hundreds of thousands of dollars from the One Door for Education Foundation. She was convicted in 2017 and sentenced to prison. She served two years before getting an early release due to COVID-19.
The conviction was later overturned on appeal, and in 2022, the case was settled when Brown pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
