A former state senator who operated a charity out of his senate office has been unable to convince the Tax Court that he is not a disqualified person with respect to the charity because he held no formal governing position within the organization. The Tax Court has ruled that former Pennsylvania state senator Vincent Fumo, who was previously convicted on 34 counts relating to a scheme to defraud the charity, was a disqualified person because he was in a position to exercise substantial influence over its affairs. Vincent J. Fumo was convicted of more than 100 counts of defrauding the Citizens Alliance for Better Neighborhoods and others in 2009. He testified that employees of his senate...