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WASHINGTON<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Paul-Hurley\"
Paul G. Hurley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A federal judge set sentencing for a former IRS Agent who was was convicted last week of bribery for May, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The jury deliberated for three days before reaching a guilty verdict on Friday against Paul G. Hurley<\/strong>, 43, of Seattle, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hurley had been a revenue agent with the IRS since 2009. \u00a0He is facing up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Court evidence indicated that in the summer of 2015 Hurley was randomly assigned to audit the corporate taxes of Have a Heart Compassion Care, Inc., a medical marijuana dispensary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a meeting at one of the dispensary locations, Hurley presented the owner of the dispensary with the findings of the audit.\u00a0 Hurley indicated to the business owner that he had \u2018saved the owner millions\u2019 during the audit and that he lived paycheck to paycheck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hurley asked the business owner for $20,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The business owner and his attorney reported the bribe request to the FBI.\u00a0 Working with law enforcement, the business owner met twice with Hurley and in recorded conversations delivered cash in marked bills.\u00a0 Some of this cash was seized from Hurley at the time of his arrest following the second meeting with the business owner.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the trial, prosecutors noted that Hurley had written on the audit paperwork that the business owner had no money to pay on his tax bill following the audit, even as Hurley sought $20,000 to personally benefit from his work as a public employee.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a case about what he didn\u2019t do,\u201d prosecutors told the jury, noting that Hurley had failed to fulfill his duties as a revenue agent during the audit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI and by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration investigated this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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