Pass the Popcorn; Judicial Stupidity Edition

A former U.S. Tax Court judge and her husband have been indicted on charges in Minnesota that they conspired to evade at least $400,000 in federal taxes, the U.S. Attorney's office said Monday.

Diane Kroupa, 60, and her 62-year-old husband, Robert Fackler, are charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, tax evasion, making and subscribing false tax returns and obstruction of an IRS audit, U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger announced.

It's a pretty safe bet that, unless they go to trial and aren't convicted, that they're going to do time for this. The former judge'll likely draw the maximum stay in the joint as an example to the herd.