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SFGate
Kale Williams
April 20, 2015
A priest with the Archdiocese of San Jose was indicted by a federal grand jury on tax evasion and bank fraud charges after he allegedly deposited donation checks from parishioners into his own bank and failed to declare more than $1 million of income to the Internal Revenue Service, prosecutors said Monday.
Hien Minh Nguyen, 55, worked as a priest with the diocese for more than 20 years, said U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Abraham Simmons. He held multiple positions, including Director of the Vietnamese Catholic Center, for which he had sole signature authority of the center’s bank, Simmons said.
Between 2005 and 2008, Nguyen requested that parishioners make donations to the center, but then deposited at least 14 checks, totaling $19,000, directly into his personal account, Simmons said.
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