KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Pro Football Hall of Fame member Ron Mix faces up to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty in Missouri to a felony tax-fraud charge.
The Kansas City Star reports Mix agreed to pay nearly $50,000 to the Internal Revenue Service under his guilty plea Monday in Kansas City to one count of making false statements in a tax return.
Authorities say Mix was a San Diego-area lawyer who illegally paid a non-lawyer for referrals on clients and donated about $155,000 over three years to a charity operated by that person.