Seattle – (KONP staff) A former Seattle college soccer star, currently serving time for sexual assault in Arizona and on a second sexual assault case in King County, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to making false statements on a tax return.
During a massive tax fraud scheme, 48-year-old Dion Earl purchased the Seattle Impact FC franchise, a professional indoor soccer club.
Between 2008 and 2014, Earl used false documents to lie about his income, the amount of tax dollars withheld by employers, and his mortgage deductions so that he could attempt to claim tax refunds of more than $1.6 million.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend Earl serve a one-year consecutive federal sentence following his 12-year sentence in Arizona and 33-month consecutive sentence in Washington State, for a total sentence of nearly 16 years in prison.
In the 1990’s Earl was a soccer star at Seattle Pacific University. His sexual assault convictions were the result of charges of attempted rape of 2 babysitters of his children on separate occasions.