Thad Viers

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In August 2014, Viers was indicted by a federal grand jury on fourteen felony charges including money laundering and making false statements to an IRS criminal investigator. [10] Viers pleaded guilty to money laundering in April 2015 in a plea deal that dismissed his other charges. [11] On October 20, 2015, Viers was sentenced to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay $875,000. [12]

Viers was disbarred by the South Carolina Supreme Court in July 2016. [13] In January 2017, Viers was released to a halfway house, according to prison officials. [14]

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Thad Viers
Member of the South CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives
from the 68th district
In office
January 3, 2003 January 3, 2010