Judy Knight-Frank will resign as chair of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado after pleading guilty to one count of falsifying her 1998 income tax return.

Knight-Frank, 60, obtained payroll advances for which she did not pay timely taxes. She is allowed to dispute a $59,058 tax payment and has already repaid some money to the tribe.

Knight-Frank will spend five months in federal custody and five months in home detention under the plea reached with federal prosecutors.

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Ute tribe's chairman pleads guilty to tax fraud (The Denver Post 3/23)
Ute leader steps down, admits to false tax filing (The Denver Rocky Mountain News 3/23)
Tribal head in Towaoc jail-bound (The Durango Herald 3/23)

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