A KINGSPORT WOMAN CONVICTED OF FEDERAL BANK FRAUD AND INCOME TAX CHARGES IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN KNOXVILLE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. DONNA BLESSING, FORMER OWNER OF B&B TAX SERVICE WAS INDICTED IN JANUARY ON BANK FRAUD CHARGES. SHE WAS ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT A MANUFACTURED HOME TO A LOCAL BANK IN ORDER TO GET A LOAN AND CASHIER’S CHECK, AND THEN FORGED AN ENDORSEMENT ON THE CHECK TO DEPOSIT IT INTO ANOTHER ACCOUNT. BLESSING WAS ALSO INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH PREPEARING 22 FALSE INCOME TAX RETURNS BETWEEN 2003 AND 2004 TOTALLING MORE THAN 473-THOUSAND DOLLARS. A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED BLESSING TO SERVE TWO YEARS IN PRISON, FIVE YEARS OF SUPERVISED PROBATION, AND PAY JUST OVER 75-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RESTITUTION.