USA v. Chappelle

  1. August 16, 2023

    6th Circ. OKs Disbarred Atty's 3-Yr. Sentence For Tax Evasion

    The Sixth Circuit upheld a disbarred Michigan attorney's prison sentence of more than three years, saying his repeated opening and closing of different real estate companies to avoid $1.6 million in employment taxes constituted a sophisticated means of tax evasion that triggered a longer sentence.

  2. August 01, 2023

    Mich. Atty Disbarred After Tax Evasion Conviction

    A former attorney and certified public accountant who is appealing his sentence of more than three years in federal prison for failing to remit employment taxes for one of his real estate companies was disbarred for professional misconduct by Michigan's attorney discipline board.

  3. June 15, 2023

    Tax Evasion Resentencing Bid Meets 6th Circ. Resistance

    A panel of the Sixth Circuit gave a chilly reception Thursday to a Michigan real estate developer and his lawyer's request to shorten his 38-month prison sentence for tax evasion, with the judges suggesting it would be futile to order a resentencing.   

  4. October 12, 2022

    Mich. Lawyer Gets 3 Years, $1.2M Restitution For Tax Evasion

    A federal court sentenced a Michigan lawyer to more than three years in prison and ordered him to pay $1.2 million in restitution for trying to evade employment taxes on his property and snow-removal businesses for nearly a decade.