[David and Barbara Vopnford] plead guilty in federal court to filing false tax returns in 1995.

David Vopnford and his ex-wife, Barbara Vopnford, were indicted for allegedly failing to pay taxes on about $1.25 million in income from their company, Thousand Adventures. The unpaid tax was estimated at between $70,000 and $120,000.

The Vopnfords face up to three years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.

Barbara Vopnford of Blair will be sentenced at Oct. 2. David Vopnford of Picayune, Miss., will be sentenced Oct. 4.

Through Thousand Adventures, the couple operated about 60 resort campgrounds in the United States.

Memberships gained access to each of the campgrounds. Money from those memberships and from concession sales at the parks was sent to the Blair office and sorted into piles of large and small denominations, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Anything larger than $10 went into the large cash pile, which was taken by the Vopnfords and not included on their individual tax returns, prosecutors said.

Anywhere from 60,000 to 70,000 motor-home owners paid Thousand Adventures an average of $3,500, plus annual dues, for the lifetime right to stay at 57 campgrounds in 21 states before the company began to run into financial difficulty.

Thousand Adventures was forced into bankruptcy in 1997.

NAM Editor's Note: This “Threat of imprisonment” is what they get for not paying taxes on the money they took from TAI members. What is their penalty for mis-using money we paid to maintain the parks? What is their penalty for making false promises to extract money from thousands of people who trusted them? What about the OTHER company officials who participated in their schemes? What will their penalty be? You or I would already be in jail !!!