John A. Glavin, the Wisconsin man and purported “sovereign citizen” who received a memorable rebuke from a county judge who sentenced him to 90 days in jail in a case about transferring property illegally to dupe a bank, now has been indicted under federal law for tax crimes.
Glavin, 43, is the father of 11 children. How he apparently became immersed in “sovereign” chicanery is unclear.
But in January, Glavin was sentenced to 90 days in jail by Juneau County Circuit Judge Paul Curran, who told him that “fidelity to nonsense is no virtue,” the Juneau County Star Times reported.
The Star Times is reporting that Glavin now has been indicted on federal tax charges.
In a brief statement, federal prosecutors in the Western District of Wisconsin said that Glavin filed bogus tax returns in 2005 and 2008. Those false returns sought a combined refund amount of more than $956,000, prosecutors said.