After the verdicts were read, the jury foreman told Judge Kathleen Kennedy the panel was deadlocked 9-3 on the other charges, which involved their paid service on other, similar boards that prosecutors said were created for no purpose other than to inflate their salaries.

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The difference in rules, the Treasury document says, serves no purpose and causes confusion for beneficiaries, IRA administrators and even the Internal Revenue Service.

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