I have previously blogged on the plea and resulting conviction of Scott Flynn for the defraud / Klein conspiracy. See Eighth Circuit Holds that Marinello Pending Proceeding Nexus in § 7212(a) Does Not Apply to Defraud / Klein Conspiracy (Federal Tax Crimes Blog 8/17/20), here; and Two Cases Involving Marinello (Federal Tax Crimes Blog 1/15/19), […]
Tag: 18 USC 0371
Abusive conservation easements have been a topic on this blog for some time now. See here. DOJ and the IRS have noised about criminal prosecutions, but until this past week none have surfaced. Now, we have two criminal cases with a pre-wired plea on the filing of the criminal informations. See DOJ Press Release: Atlanta […]
Abusive conservation easements have been a topic on this blog for some time now. See here. DOJ and the IRS have noised about criminal prosecutions, but until this past week none have surfaced. Now, we have two criminal cases with a pre-wired plea on the filing of the criminal informations. See DOJ Press Release: Atlanta […]
In United States v. Barringer (W.D. VA Dkt No. 1:19CR00051 Order Dated 8/21/20), CL here, Barringer “convicted by a jury of three counts of willfully failing to pay over payroll taxes, two counts of wire fraud, and three counts of making false statements to federal agents.” Broadly speaking, the gravamen of the conduct charged was […]
On 5/11/20 at 10:00 pm EDT, I revised this post, where appropriate, to use conspiracy lingo — object rather than intent. I have made some other, principally editorial changes, as well (principally adding a new JAT Comment #2 and moving the later comments up one number). I recently posted on the Supreme Court’s opinion in […]
In Kelly v. United States, 590 U.S. ___, ___ S.Ct. ___ (5/7/20), here, the court reversed the infamous Bridgegate convictions for “wire fraud, fraud on a federally funded program or entity (the Port Authority), and conspiracy to commit each of those crimes.” The Court held that “Because the scheme here did not aim to obtain […]