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Chinatown Civic Leader Pleads Guilty to Theft From Charity and Filing a False Federal Income Tax Return

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. A leader of two Chinatown charitable organizations, GENE LEE, pleaded guilty today to federal charges of theft and filing a false federal income tax return for misappropriating as much as $92,800 from one of the charities, which received federal funds as well as donations, and failing to report and pay taxes on the stolen funds.

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Lee, 65, of Chicago, served as chairman of the Chicago Chinatown Summer Fair, which was sponsored and…

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