I write today about two related developments involving the tax misdeeds of private equity moguls that readers will have probably already read about in the popular news: (i) Robert T. Brockman the biggest mogul and alleged tax cheat of the two was indicted in the Northern District of California (the indictment is here and the […]
Tag: Mail or Wire Fraud
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 […]