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More charges filed in Film Office scandal

January 11, 2011 By Dar Danielson

Attorney General Tom Miller filed criminal charges against four more people in the Iowa Film Office case. The former director of the film office, 42-year-old Thomas Wheeler of Indianola was charged with three counts of felonious misconduct in office; three counts of first-degree fraudulent practice; and one count of conspiracy.

Wheeler was fired after reports surfaced that the tax credits were improperly used. He faces other charges in connection with the issue.

Forty-one-year-old Bruce Heppner-Elgin of Washington was charged with two counts of first-degree theft, two counts of first-degree fraudulaent practice, and one count of ongoing criminal conduct. Thirty-seven-year-old Chad Witter of Bettendorf was charged with two counts of first-degree fraudulent practice, two counts of first-degree theft and one count of ongoing criminal conduct. Sixty-year-old Dennis Brouse of Plattsmouth, Nebraska was charged with one count of first-degree fraudulent practice, one count of first-degree theft, and one count of ongoing criminal conduct.

Heppner-Elgi runs Iowa Film Production Services of Iowa City, Witter is a tax credit broker and Brouse owns a production company called Changing Horses Productions.

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