By Jerry Jordan, Editor
Five years after her guilty verdict, which was later overturned on appeal by a technicality, Patricia Driscoll, 45, is scheduled to plead to a three-count superseding information in federal court at 4 p.m. EST on Wednesday in Washington D.C.
Driscoll, who once accused former NASCAR Champion Kurt Busch of causing her physical harm after she entered his motorcoach uninvited following their romantic breakup, saw that case tossed for lack of evidence by prosecutors in Delaware. It was not the first time Driscoll claimed to be a victim of abuse, as court records in multiple states, dating back decades, contained similar claims against multiple men. She also used her connections in NASCAR to help fill the coffers of the charity she ran, the Armed Forces Foundation (AFF).
During an investigation by Kickin’ the Tires, it was discovered Driscoll was alleged to have defrauded the charity out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, using those funds for her personal gain. Some of the details involving her mishandling of expenses were discovered in credit card records related to a separate court case. The details of the original criminal case played out pre-pandemic in U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon and Driscoll was found guilty of two counts of tax evasion and one count of fraud in the first degree on Nov. 29, 2018. She had originally been indicted on charges of wire fraud, tax evasion, mail fraud and interfering with IRS laws.
Driscoll was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison the following year on September 19, 2019. She appealed the case and in 2021, the appeals court ruled Judge Leon failed to use approved wording in his jury instructions, which “likely coerced a lone holdout juror to surrender his or her honestly held views in favor of a unanimous verdict.”
Since then, the two sides had been preparing to face off again in court but in early 2023, it appeared a deal was in the making. That deal was agreed to by both sides in July but must be approved by Judge Leon. According to court records obtained by Kickin’ the Tires, Driscoll will agree that she “willfully failed to keep” financial records and “made personal purchases from eBay using AFF’s credit card.” This is a violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7203.
Driscoll will also plead to failing to keep tax records for another company she ran, Frontline Defense Systems (FDS), as part of the second count in the federal information. “During the calendar year 2012, defendant PATRICIA DRISCOLL, who was a resident of Maryland and person required under Title 26 of the United States Code and any regulations issued under the authority thereof to pay tax, to make a return, to keep any records, or to supply any information, willfully failed to keep such records, that is, between at least January and August 2012, regarding charges totaling $3,600 made to Driscoll’s FDS credit card related to Driscoll’s son’s school, PATRICIA DRISCOLL failed to keep adequate records of the nature of those payments so that they would be treated properly on Schedule C of her 2012 tax return, all in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7203.
In the third count, “During the calendar year 2013, defendant PATRICIA DRISCOLL, who was a resident of Maryland and person required under Title 26 of the United States Code and any regulations issued under the authority thereof to pay tax, to make a return, to keep any records, or to supply any information, willfully failed to keep such records, that is, between at least October 18 and November 1, 2013, regarding about $1,661.94 in FDS checks that paid an attorney who had performed mediation services related to Driscoll’s child custody dispute with her ex-husband, PATRICIA DRISCOLL failed to keep adequate records of the nature of those payments so that they would be treated properly on Schedule C of her 2013 tax return, all in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7203.”
In legal terms, an “information” is similar to an indictment in detailing accusations against a defendant but does not go before a grand jury. In this case, with the document being a “superseding information,” it means that it is replacing the original multi-count indictment against Driscoll. By pleading rather than going to trial, Driscoll is admitting to and not fighting the allegations the information contains.
Click to Read – Patricia Driscoll-Sperceding Information
Prior to her guilty verdict being overruled on appeal, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia wrote, “During the calendar year 2012, defendant PATRICIA DRISCOLL, who was a resident of Maryland and person required under Title 26 of the United States Code and any regulations issued under the authority thereof to pay tax, to make a return, to keep any records, or to supply any information, willfully failed to keep such records, that is, between at least January and August 2012, regarding charges totaling $3,600 made to Driscoll’s FDS credit card related to Driscoll’s son’s school, PATRICIA DRISCOLL failed to keep adequate records of the nature of those payments so that they would be treated properly on Schedule C of her 2012 tax return, all in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7203.”
She also claimed that 95 percent of all donations went to the AFF charitable endeavors but it was stated in court that those claims were untrue and some of those funds were diverted for her personal gain. In fact, prosecutors wrote in their press release after the trial that Driscoll “caused false reports to be filed on the Form 990s in a number of ways. For example, she failed to include the fact that she received commissions from fundraising, the amounts of commissions that she received from fundraising, and the other benefits that she received. Driscoll also falsely categorized and caused others to falsely categorize expenses in the Armed Forces Foundation’s books and records as being for the benefit of the veterans, troops, and their families when, in fact, they were for her own private benefit. Driscoll also concealed from the foundation’s accountants the money she took from the charity, such as rent that was paid for the use of office space in a building that she co-owned.”
Punishment for this offense, according to 26 United States Code, 7203, states, “Any person required under this title to pay any estimated tax or tax, or required by this title or by regulations made under authority thereof to make a return, keep any records, or supply any information, who willfully fails to pay such estimated tax or tax, make such return, keep such
records, or supply such information, at the time or times required by law or regulations, shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $25,000 ($100,000 in the case of a corporation), or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.”
Driscoll’s attorney, Brian W. Stolarz, did not have a statement or comment for this article but confirmed he would reach out if that changed. Kickin’ the Tires will provide an update should that statement come in the future.
The “Pocket Commando” video shown below was once used by Patricia Driscoll to promote herself, the private defense company and the military charity that she ran.
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Kurt…..I’ve tapped some foggiest but I never had a bank account tippin half a billion! She hit!!! Looks like Thanos crapped her out.
This is absolutely disgusting, and is a complete and total slap in the face to all military members and families as a whole, but more specifically to those of which who continue to struggle financially as of today and are in severe need of financial assistance from a military-specific nonprofit such as this one was, because it’s extremely hard to find any kind of financial gift aid assistance for a veteran in need nowadays in general, let alone (more specifically) one who’s only 70% disabled and not 100%, because at that stage you’re just disabled enough to have all of the struggles of trying to find work that you’re capable of doing in your condition but not disabled enough VA-wise for you to receive fully covered health care for yourself as well as your wife and children, so hopefully they don’t suffer from a health condition (but then it did happen, and so far it’s cost us $25k worth of treatments/visits/medications/etc. just to keep at a tolerable level since it can’t be cured, and it’s still ongoing), nor to receive any kind of a financial grant to aid with debt accumulation or housing repairs etc. unless, of course, you’re a service member that has lost a limb or worse, then you have TONSSS of options for help!!! But if you aren’t one of those that has lost life or limb during your service then there’s absolutely no resources for your family to utilize if you find yourself in need simply because you “survived” and still have your physical body intact! So forget about the ones such as my Husband who have suffered from a near complete loss of hearing as a result of his enlistment and is now 80% deaf from all the explosives going off right next to his head every day for 4 years straight, and forget about the simultaneous fact that he’s also still severely depressed with accompanying PTSD that he can thank the marine corps for as well which is still just as severe and going strong 5 years later after getting out, but since he still has both arms and legs and his heart still manages to beat inside his chest every day, that means that it’s not a complete and total 100% qualified disability in their eyes. My point of saying all of this on here is this: this military nonprofit (which is now no longer active because it was forced to shut its doors permanently as a result of this lowlife thieving POS actions, all for a few eBay finds and expensive diamonds and gold jewelry just to rub salt in the wound) has also caused such a sorely needed resource for the military members and families such as mine to now no longer have any options that we can go to to ask for help in times of crisis when we truly need it the most, and despite the fact of everyone knowing that this selfish narcissistic monster is the sole person responsible for stripping her own community of such a valuable and life changing resource that had the power to save some of the military members and veterans- the men and women who have protected and defended this entire country as well as every single man, woman and child that resides within with literally every fiber of their being, using their own life and body to do so in the process, something that everyone in this country should be grateful for to the point that NONE of them nor their families should EVER be left to suffer like this with no one to turn to in a time of need, in return for all they’ve done- but despite everyone involved in this woman’s case above knowing all that she’s robbed us of and has taken from us, while also knowing everything that our families have given up and have sacrificed in order for them to live happy and free in this country to date, knowing all of this, they still are allowing this thieving, good-for-nothing, lying ass, worthless mess of a trash bag get off with a minor fucking slap on the wrist at best, and that “it” will continue to get away with even more so than before now that she’s being offered a deal this time around) even though it deserves far FAR worse than this in return for what she’s done. She doesn’t even feel remorse for what she’s done! One of the articles says that she even had an open lawsuit against the nonprofit during this all happening the first time around because she was suing them for money that she felt was OWED TO HER!!! After she stole over $500k worth of money from a nonprofit who helped those in need that have risked and/or given their lives in defense of this country!!!!!!!! This case should have been treated as a National example of justice for how to treat the men and women who have risked and given their lives for us just to make a fucking point that you don’t steal from men and women who have given you your literal life and freedom to do whatever the hell you want with it, even if you want to go off and rob people blind with that freedom! You only have the right to do that because of the people she went off and robbed for half a million dollars (or more)!!!!!!! It’s a fucking shame that the ones who have truly sacrificed for this country and it’s citizens are the ones that are being left behind to suffer alone, and then they get kicked while they’re down by getting robbed BLIND for over half a mil from a source of funds that’s supposed to be a security to them and their families in times such as those, and no one, NO ONE, NOT EVEN THE GOVERNMENT BATS A FUCKING EYE!!!!