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.