April 04, 2024
A North Carolina federal judge on Thursday seemed reluctant to limit certain evidence against two attorneys and an insurance agent in their upcoming tax fraud trial, saying some of it seemed pertinent to the government's quest to prove intent but suspected other information might be construed by jurors as "petty."
April 02, 2024
Federal prosecutors have asked a North Carolina district court to permit tangential evidence in a tax fraud trial, saying that the evidence is "inextricably intertwined with the charged conduct" of two St. Louis attorneys and a North Carolina insurance agent.
March 27, 2024
Two St. Louis attorneys and a North Carolina insurance agent can't fall back on advice-of-counsel defenses during their upcoming tax fraud trial after a federal judge found that they had failed to follow court orders requiring them to hand over information about the advice they sought.
March 15, 2024
Two St. Louis attorneys and a North Carolina insurance agent staring down criminal tax charges in North Carolina federal court said the government can't prevent them from relying on advice-of-counsel defenses at their upcoming trial, arguing they've handed over all the information prosecutors need to prepare.
March 07, 2024
Federal prosecutors have sought to prevent two attorneys and an insurance agent from relying on advice-of-counsel defenses in their upcoming tax fraud trial, telling a North Carolina federal judge the trio failed to give the court an adequate heads-up about their intended defense.
January 12, 2024
An IRS criminal investigator said he unknowingly volunteered to help prosecute two St. Louis tax attorneys and a North Carolina insurance agent in a sweeping tax fraud allegation that involved his in-laws, telling a federal court that he was fresh from training and simply looking for experience.
November 16, 2022
Federal prosecutors indicted two St. Louis attorneys and a North Carolina insurance agent Wednesday, accusing them of running a tax scheme across at least seven states for 11 years that defrauded the government of tens of millions of tax dollars.