USA v. Pursley

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Case overview

Case Number:

4:18-cr-00575

Court:

Texas Southern

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Gray H Miller

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  1. April 19, 2024

    Atty In Tax Fraud Case Gets Supervised Release, $25K Fine

    A former Houston lawyer whose conviction in connection with an $18 million tax scheme was overturned told a federal judge Friday that not testifying in his 2019 trial was "one of the worst mistakes" of his life as he was sentenced to a year of supervised release as part of a plea deal.

  2. April 18, 2024

    Atty In Tax Fraud Must Pay Full $2.5M Per Plea Deal, Feds Say

    A former Houston attorney set to be sentenced Friday for his role in an $18 million offshore tax scheme is trying to limit the government's ability to collect $2.5 million in restitution he promised to pay in a plea agreement last year, prosecutors told a Texas federal court Thursday.

  3. March 28, 2023

    Atty Whose Tax Conviction Was Overturned Enters Guilty Plea

    A former Houston attorney whose conviction in a multimillion-dollar tax fraud scheme was overturned by the Fifth Circuit last year pled guilty Tuesday to one count of a four-count indictment first handed up in 2018. 

  4. April 07, 2021

    Ex-Texas Atty Denied COVID-19 Prison Release

    A former Houston attorney convicted of being involved in an $18 million tax scheme must serve the remainder of his two-year sentence in federal prison despite concerns he raised over COVID-19, a Southern District of Texas judge ruled Wednesday.

  5. March 23, 2021

    Ex-Atty Got COVID Vax So No Early Release, Gov't Says

    A former Houston attorney convicted of being involved in an $18 million tax scheme should not be released from federal prison early for COVID-19 reasons after serving about a quarter of his sentence because he's already been vaccinated, prosecutors argued Monday.

  6. March 18, 2021

    Texas Atty Involved In $18M Tax Scheme Wants Out Of Prison

    A Houston attorney convicted of being involved in an $18 million tax scheme has asked to be released from federal prison early after serving about a quarter of his sentence, claiming he's at high risk of contracting COVID-19 and has behaved well during his six months behind bars.

  7. August 05, 2020

    Houston Atty Gets 2 Years In Prison For $18M Tax Scheme

    A Houston attorney convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service in an $18 million tax scheme was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison followed by two years of supervised release, according to court records.

  8. October 10, 2019

    Houston Attorney Denied Retrial Over $18M Tax Scheme

    A Houston attorney convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service in an $18 million tax scheme will not get another chance in front of a Texas jury after a federal judge refused to grant him a new trial.

  9. October 01, 2019

    Atty Shouldn't Get Retrial Over $18M Tax Scheme, Court Told

    There is plenty of evidence against a Houston attorney convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service in an $18 million tax scheme, the U.S. government has told a Texas court in asking to uphold the conviction and deny a retrial.

  10. September 09, 2019

    Houston Attorney Convicted In $18M Tax Evasion Scheme

    A Houston-based attorney has been convicted in a Texas federal court for his role in a scheme to repatriate more than $18 million in untaxed earnings from the Isle of Man.