On April 4, 2022, in the Southern District of West Virginia, Jeffrey Reed was sentenced for retaliating against a Federal law enforcement officer by filing a fraudulent lien and attempting to interfere with the administration of Internal Revenue laws.

According to the court documents, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revenue officer was assigned to collect over $329,950 from Reed in tax delinquency and liability for years 1995 through 2013. On or about January 14, 2015, the revenue officer met with Reed’s employer to establish garnishment of his wages. In response, on or about May 12, 2015, Reed filed, in a public record with the Mercer County Clerk for West Virginia, a false lien and encumbrance against the real and personal property of his employer and the revenue officer for $4.95 million. Reed also claimed that the revenue officer owed him an additional $9 million because of the copyright for his name. The lien also claimed 165 constitutional violations, to include illegal search and seizure, war, treason, and slavery.

Reed was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $200 special assessment fee.

Source:  The facts in this case narrative come from the following publicly available documents: S.D.W. Va., Sentencing, filed April 4, 2022; S.D.W. Va., Superseding Indict., filed November 17, 2020; and DOJ Press Release published April 4, 2022.