From the Associated Press — A southeastern Michigan man who prosecutors said claimed to be a sovereign citizen of the United States has been charged after sending three $1 million checks to the state to pay his taxes. Michigan’s Attorney General’s office announced Thursday that the 54-year-old Macomb County man faces three counts of no-account check in Ingham County District Court. The charges are felonies and punishable by two years in prison or $500 fines. Court records did not list a defense attorney for him. The Anti-Defamation League says members of the sovereign citizen movement believe the government has no authority over
them. The attorney general’s office says the man asserted that he is a sovereign citizen and exempt from certain Michigan law, including paying taxes.
