USA v. Daugerdas et al

  1. August 19, 2020

    Atty Jailed In $7B Tax Fraud Case Denied Release For Virus

    A New York federal judge won't reconsider a decision to deny compassionate release to an ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist PC lawyer imprisoned for orchestrating a $7 billion tax fraud scheme, saying that his COVID-19 diagnosis doesn't justify shortened prison time.

  2. May 01, 2020

    Judge Says Releasing Tax Fraud Atty Would Be 'Unjust'

    A New York federal judge on Friday rejected a compassionate release bid from an ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist PC lawyer imprisoned for orchestrating a $7 billion tax fraud scheme, ruling that freeing him would be "unjust" but recommending that he be temporarily released until the pandemic abates.

  3. April 28, 2020

    Jailed Atty Slams Gov't Claim Prison Is Safer During Pandemic

    An ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist PC lawyer imprisoned for orchestrating a $7 billion tax fraud scheme urged a New York federal judge Tuesday to reject the federal government's opposition to his compassionate release bid over COVID-19, arguing new studies show widespread infection rates among prisoners even if many are asymptomatic.

  4. April 21, 2020

    Feds Say $7B Tax Fraud Atty Is Safer In Prison

    An ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist lawyer serving time for orchestrating a $7 billion tax fraud scheme shouldn't get to return to his Chicago suburban home because of concerns over the COVID-19 virus and would be safer at the prison where he's currently stationed, the U.S. government has argued.

  5. April 13, 2020

    Atty Jailed For $7B Tax Fraud Seeks COVID-19 Release

    An ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist lawyer sentenced to 15 years in prison for orchestrating a $7 billion tax fraud scheme wants a New York federal court to allow him to swap a cell for his home because of the novel coronavirus, arguing that to leave him imprisoned amounts to a "death sentence."

  6. May 02, 2019

    Wife Of Jailed Ex-Jenkens Attorney Fights Asset Forfeiture

    The wife of an ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist lawyer jailed for tax fraud has continued her fight to recover assets claimed by the government, telling a New York federal court that untainted funds belonging to her were commingled with fraudulent proceeds.

  7. March 26, 2019

    US Argues For Forfeitures In Ex-Jenkens Atty's Fraud Case

    Federal prosecutors have asked a New York federal judge to toss petitions from a former Jenkens & Gilchrist lawyer jailed for tax fraud and his wife, which seek to shield from forfeiture assets transferred to her and to college savings plans.

  8. March 20, 2017

    Wife Of Fraudster Atty Can't Stop $32M Accounts Seizure

    The wife of jailed former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC lawyer Paul Daugerdas can’t fight forfeiture of $32 million related to her husband’s $7 billion tax fraud conviction, because the accounts were transferred to her after the fraudulent scheme began, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Monday.

  9. November 16, 2015

    Ex-Deutsche Broker Let Off Hook In Jenkens Tax Fraud Case

    Former Deutsche Bank AG broker David Parse was essentially set free Monday from charges of conspiring with two convicted Jenkens & Gilchrist PC attorneys in a $7 billion tax fraud scheme after the government agreed to a deferred prosecution agreement.

  10. December 05, 2014

    US Scoffs At Ex-Jenkens Wife's Bid To Keep Cash

    Federal prosecutors asked a New York federal court Friday to dismiss the petition of the wife of Jenkens & Gilchrist PC's former Chicago head, who is fighting to keep millions from being seized by the government following her husband Paul Daugerdas' conviction for a $7 billion tax fraud.