Beautician pleads guilty in D.C. tax scam case

A key player in the record-setting tax scam that cheated D.C. out of up to $50 million pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday, adding to a growing case against the accused plot mastermind.

Samuel Pope, 61, admitted to bilking the city out of $1.2 million with phony tax refund checks, and receiving another $400,000 from co-conspirators. He pleaded guilty to money laundering and mail fraud as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, and was taken into custody until his sentencing in September.