Wedding ring seized in D.C. tax office investigation

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Federal prosecutors trying to recover tens of millions of dollars that were stolen in the D.C. tax fraud scheme have seized a pricey wedding ring set from a former District employee.

D.C. tax office manager Harriette Walters, the ringleader behind the $48 million embezzlement scheme, and co-worker Kim Fleet, together bought the wedding bling shortly before law enforcement investigators uncovered the decades-old scam, according to court documents.

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