Current Events > Sovereign Citizen wrote 3 fake checks to the Michigan Department of Treasury

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https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2022/11/16/self-proclaimed-sovereign-citizen-pleads-guilty-to-writing-fake-checks

LANSING A Macomb County man who attempted to pay the Michigan Department of Treasury (Treasury) with fraudulent checks pled guilty to felony charges, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced today.

This matter was referred to the Department of Attorney Generals Financial Crimes Division from Treasury, leading to further investigation and charges.

Damon Montgomery, 54, pled guilty to three counts of no-account check, felonies punishable by two years in prison or $500. In January 2021, Montgomery, sent three checks to Treasury in an attempt to pay his taxes. Each check contained TCF Bank routing numbers and was made payable to the State of Michigan for $1,000,000. The checks bounced because Montgomery did not have an account at TCF Bank.

Montgomery asserts that he is a Sovereign Citizen and exempt from certain Michigan law, including paying taxes.

Gotta wonder when these sovereign citizen folks are going to realize that none of their bullshit works

God damn, people are fucking stupid

1) I'm mildly disappointed this isn't that driver on trial who was also claiming being a sovereign citizen...
2) If he doesn't have to pay taxes...why did he mail the check?
3) Maybe you should throw a hammer at him instead of your neighbor (from TX to MI)

People should be allowed to be sovereign citizens if they want. But they should be banned from using any good or service that is subsidized by the government in any way. Of course that would mean they would have to live completely off the grid and wouldnt be able to drive on public roads, or buy food.

mustachedmystic posted...

People should be allowed to be sovereign citizens if they want. But they should be banned from using any good or service that is subsidized by the government in any way. Of course that would mean they would have to live completely off the grid and wouldnt be able to drive on public roads, or buy food.

They should be considered foreign invaders and tried for espionage.

I feel like there's a direct line of people who get really mad about taxes and people who become Sovereign citizens.