William J. Marks Sr.
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William J. Marks Sr. Boston businessman and former business partner of former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker.
He and Tucker plea guilty to fraud charge for faking bankruptcy that saved them $2 million in taxes. Tucker and his lawyer John Haley, used falsified documents to understate the value of cable television systems William Marks and Gov. Tucker owned in Texas and Florida. The guilty plea was part of Kenneth Starr's probe into what is know as the Whitewater investigation and report. He came into fornt page National news as a result of the Whitewater investigations.
[edit] References
- The New York Times, National Desk News, Ex-Governor's Partner Pleads Guilty to Fraud, August 29, 1997
- CNN All Politics, Tucker Partner Pleads Guilty, Thursday Aug. 28, 1997
- The New York Times, Court Rejects Challenge to the Whitewater Counsel's Authority, October 8, 1996.
- Caught In The Whitewater Net, CBS, May 19, 1998.
