USA v. Kohn et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

5:22-cr-00060

Court:

North Carolina Western

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Kenneth D. Bell

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  1. April 08, 2024

    Mo. Atty Loses Last-Ditch Bid To Dodge NC Tax Fraud Trial

    A St. Louis attorney lost a last-minute attempt to escape his upcoming tax fraud trial based on claims that the prosecution was never properly authorized, with a North Carolina federal judge finding that the government did mislead the court but nonetheless had the right stamp of approval.

  2. April 04, 2024

    NC Tax Fraud Trial Evidence Bids Get Lukewarm Reception

    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."

  3. April 02, 2024

    Feds Seek Use Of 'Intertwined' Evidence In NC Tax Fraud Trial

    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.

  4. March 27, 2024

    Advice-Of-Counsel Defense Curbed From NC Tax Fraud Trial

    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.

  5. March 15, 2024

    Attys, Broker Fight For Advice-Of-Counsel Defense In Tax Trial

    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.

  6. March 07, 2024

    Feds Look To Bar Advice-Of-Counsel Defense From Tax Trial

    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.

  7. January 12, 2024

    IRS Agent Unwittingly On In-Laws' Tax Scheme Case, US Says

    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.

  8. November 16, 2022

    Attys Sold Tax Avoidance Scheme In 7 States, Indictment Says

    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.

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