USA v. GRIFFIN

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Case Number:

2:22-cr-00465

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

CHAD F. KENNEY

  1. January 30, 2026

    Vertical Farm Co. Owner Gets 3 Years For Tax Evasion, Fraud

    The owner of a vertical farming business was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution after he admitted to evading taxes and lying to his clients, according to a judgment filed Friday in Pennsylvania federal court.

  2. June 27, 2025

    Vertical Farm Co. Owner Cops To Tax Evasion, Fraud Scheme

    The owner of a business that helped people set up vertical farms admitted to skipping his income taxes and taking money from customers, including an autism charity, without holding up his end of the deal, according to filings in a Pennsylvania federal court.

  3. May 03, 2024

    Feds Can Introduce Prior Guilty Plea In Tax Fraud Case

    Federal prosecutors can introduce a man's prior admissions of tax evasion in a trial over separate tax crime charges because it could show his willingness and knowledge to commit the crime, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled.