ILLINOIS – A man who admitted filing fraudulent multi-billion dollar liens against two federal judges and other government employees is now facing a long prison sentence, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Tyree Davis Sr., 42, of Flossmoor, Illinois, plead guilty Friday to two counts of obstruction of justice and two counts of filing false retaliatory liens against government officials, officials said.
Davis faces up to 10 years in prison for each of the obstruction of justice charges as well as up to 10 years in prison for each of the filing false retaliatory liens charges, according to authorities.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 15.
A federal grand jury in Chicago returned an eight count federal indictment on July 24, 2013, charging Davis with obstruction of justice and filing fraudulent multi-billion dollar liens against government employees.
According to the court documents, Davis obstructed justice by sending correspondence threatening to arrest two federal judges, including the judge who presided over the 2010 criminal tax trial of LaShawn Littrice.
Littrice, whom Davis refers to as his wife, was convicted by a jury in June 2010 and sentenced to serve three years and six months in prison in December 2010.
Davis also filed false liens, titled Notice of Maritime Liens, claiming judges owed Littrice $100 billion. Davis then notified others, including credit bureaus, that he had filed the multi-billion dollar liens, officials said.
In addition, Davis filed false liens against the U.S. Attorney and Clerk of Court for the Northern District of Illinois, an Assistant U.S. Attorney and an Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation special agent.
The liens were filed with the Cook County Recorder’s Office and claimed that each individual owed Littrice $100 billion. Each of the liens were re-recorded in order to add real property descriptions, authorities said.