Illinois – from www.daily-journal.com – A locally renowned amateur golfer and former Playboy pinup is scheduled to go to trial in federal court next month, accused of illegally splitting bank deposits to not report nearly $267,000 to the Internal Revenue Service.

Connie M. Kendziorek, 46, of 1015 Blaye St., Bourbonnais, was indicted July 7 by a federal grand jury in Urbana on eight counts of unlawful money structuring. A pretrial conference is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at the U.S. District Courthouse in Urbana. Her trial is set for 9 a.m. Oct. 19.

“I’m confident when the jury hears all the evidence they’ll find her not guilty,” her defense attorney, Lawrence Beaumont, told The Daily Journal Monday.