38 year old Mark Ellis admitted that he made a false claim to the I-R-S including false tax returns and obtained a fraudulent refund of more than 300-thousand dollars.
Ellis was also ordered to pay back the $311,459 dollars in restitution.
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I-84,Troutdale MP 17 - 62, in the Coumbia Gorge remains closed. The highway is closed EB at Exit 17 in Troutdale. Trucks use US-26 to OR-35 as an alternate route.
Construction at 27th Street . Northbound Lane Closed from Ferguson to Bear Creek. Detour in place.
27th and Bear Creek Rd intersection varying traffic control changes
O.B. Riley Road South-bound lane closed south of Mervin Samples Rd (12/17)
