Jeffrey Lynn Walker played three seasons in the NFL in the 1980s with the San Diego Chargers and the New Orleans Saints. Mr. Walker was an offensive lineman, so he was trying to make holes for the offense. After his football career ended, he became a businessman.
Let’s fast forward twenty years. Mr. Walker purportedly became involved with a resort in China. He solicited funds from investors. Somehow, those funds went from a bank in Las Vegas to a bank in Mississippi to his own bank account and were used for buying personal items like a Hummer. The funds didn’t make it toward the Chinese resort.
The money did not go toward paying the Internal Revenue Service. That’s a problem because all income is taxable, even illegal income.
Mr. Walker pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion charges. He could face up to 23 years at ClubFed and a large fine.