October 27, 2025
The estate of a former business associate of solar company owners caught in a $50 million tax fraud agreed to settle with a receiver appointed to collect company assets, according to a Utah federal court order, bringing the yearslong collection effort spanning dozens of settlements closer to an end.
July 07, 2020
Owners of a solar company found to have perpetrated an abusive $50 million tax fraud were threatened with jail time by a Utah federal judge because they've repeatedly flouted contempt-of-court orders, destroyed evidence and deceived the federal government.
June 02, 2020
A Tenth Circuit panel affirmed a $50 million disgorgement order Tuesday for a solar energy company to return profits from promoting an abusive tax scheme that leased useless solar lenses to companies so they could claim solar energy tax write-offs.
May 27, 2020
A solar energy company urged a Utah federal judge to toss a $50 million judgment against it, arguing the U.S. government didn't notify the court when it changed its position on whether the company's solar lenses qualify for tax credits.
January 29, 2019
A solar company and its owners should be held in contempt for trying to block collection of a $50 million judgment against them for an abusive tax scheme, the U.S. told a Utah federal court Tuesday.
October 05, 2018
A solar company and its owners must pay over $50 million to the U.S. Treasury after a Utah federal judge ruled Thursday they engaged in an abusive tax scheme.