USA v. Lewis et al

  1. July 27, 2023

    Indicted Pair In $1.3B Easement Case Want To Air Recordings

    Supplemental audio recordings made by an undercover government agent should reveal at trial that two men accused of promoting a $1.3 billion conservation easement scheme believed the transactions were legal, they told a Georgia federal court, arguing that prosecutors have cited excerpted, misleading portions.

  2. June 30, 2023

    Accountant In $1.3B Easement Case Seeks To Block Evidence

    An accountant facing trial on charges that he promoted a $1.3 billion conservation easement scheme asked a Georgia federal court Friday to stop prosecutors from showing the jury last-minute evidence purporting that he committed additional tax crimes, including filing false returns for an unnamed professional athlete.

  3. June 23, 2023

    IRS Needn't Divulge Backdating Docs In $1.3B Easement Case

    A Georgia federal judge rejected a bid by an accountant accused of promoting a $1.3 billion conservation easement scheme to force the government to produce documents related to any practices of backdating by the IRS, saying it was irrelevant that the agency backdated a document in an unrelated easement case.

  4. June 12, 2023

    Privilege Claims Fail To Sink Charges In $1.3B Easement Case

    A Georgia federal judge rejected an accountant's arguments that prosecutors gained impermissible access to privileged documents in their case accusing him and others of promoting a $1.3 billion conservation easement scheme, saying the prosecutors don't possess the records and won't use them at trial.

  5. June 07, 2023

    Airing Of Docs In $1.3B Easement Row Fouls Case, Court Told

    A Georgia accountant accused with others of promoting a $1.3 billion conservation easement scheme told a federal court that prosecutors were inadvertently given 177 privileged documents, arguing that any members of the prosecution team who viewed the records should be disqualified from the case.

  6. May 30, 2023

    Georgia Accountant Wants Out Of $1.3B Easement Fraud Suit

    A public accountant says a Georgia federal judge should throw out his indictment for helping orchestrate a $1.3 billion tax fraud scheme because the U.S. government has repeatedly violated his attorney-client privilege throughout the case.

  7. May 12, 2023

    Appraiser Pleads Guilty In $1.3B Easement Scheme

    An appraiser pled guilty on Friday in Georgia federal court to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. in relation to his role in promoting syndicated conservation easements that resulted in $1.3 billion in fraudulent tax deductions.