A former Republican legislator currently in prison for filing a false tax return as part of a scheme that illegally funneled casino money into a failed 2016 congressional campaign has been suspended from practicing law in Indiana for at least a year and a half.
On Friday, the Indiana Supreme Court published an order suspending John S. Keeler without automatic reinstatement.
According to the order, Keeler and the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission have agreed that Keeler violated Indiana Professional Conduct Rules 8.4(b) and 8.4(c). The parties also agreed to a 545-day suspension without automatic reinstatement, which the Supreme Court accepted.
Keeler, 73, who was a legislator for 16 years in the 1980s and ‘90s, pleaded guilty in April in the Indiana Southern District Court to filing a false tax return in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2).
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