Court Papers: Hair Salon Owner Played Key Role in DC Tax Scam - Washington Post- Topic: Hair News

Samuel Earl Pope, 61, played a key role in how the scam mushroomed from a relatively modest swindle orchestrated by a mid-level employee into a massive embezzlement scheme that siphoned as much as $50 million from District government's coffers, according to court papers and authorities. District Court with mail fraud and money laundering in a "criminal information," a document that can be filed only with the defendant's consent. Walters, who remains in jail on federal conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering charges, has been cooperating with investigators, sources familiar with the investigation have said. The court documents filed today revealed that Pope and Walters became friends in the late 1980s when she started having her hair done at his Head to Toe Salon in Southwest Washington. By 1991, Walters and Pope began to discuss the Salon owner's worries about making rent payments, the documents state. read more

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