ONE OF TWO HURLEY VIRGINIA PEOPLE WHO PLED GUILTY EARLIER IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON TO COMING UP WITH SEVERAL FRADULENT SCHEMES, HAS BEEN ORDERED TO SPEND TIME BEHIND BARS. CAROL IRENE ESTEP WAS SENTENCED TO 94 MONTHS IN PRISON. ESTEP AND HER SON, TIMOTHY CARL LING, PLED GUILTY TO NOT PAYING INCOME TAXES ON PROFITS FROM A RECYCLING BUSINESS. PROSECUTORS CLAIM THEY STOLE A RELATIVE’S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND USED IT TO COMMIT CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND USED THE MONEY TO START A PROFITABLE RECYCLING BUSINESS IN HURLEY. THEY ALSO PLED GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MAIL FRAUD, CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BANK FRAUD, CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES, AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT AND MONEY LAUNDERING. LING’S SENTENCING HAS BEEN RESET.