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  1. April 03, 2026

    Man Denies Owing Gov't $19M In Biofuel Tax Credit Fraud

    A businessman told a Utah federal court that he shouldn't need to pay over $19 million for a forfeited loan from a company central to a $511 million biofuel tax credit fraud because the government's calculations are unjust and a government asset tricked him into withholding payment.

  2. March 03, 2026

    Gov't Goes After $19M In Biofuel Tax Credit Fraud Case

    A businessman who owes more than $19 million to a company subject to forfeiture over its involvement in a $511 million biofuel tax credit fraud must hand over the money to the federal government now that a catfishing scheme targeting him is resolved, the government told a Utah federal court.

  3. June 05, 2023

    $511M Biofuel Credit Fraud Figure To Appeal 40-Year Sentence

    A leader of a $511 million renewable-energy tax fraud scheme who was sentenced to 40 years in prison and given a $443 million fine told a Utah federal court Monday that he will appeal to the Tenth Circuit. 

  4. April 08, 2023

    Leader Of $511M Biofuel Credit Fraud Scheme Gets 40 Years

    A Utah federal judge handed down a 40-year sentence to the leader of sprawling renewable-energy tax fraud scheme that generated $511 million in false payouts and doled out lesser sentences to four members of a fundamentalist sect who helped him perpetrate the scheme.

  5. April 03, 2023

    Feds Seek Life Sentence In $511M Biofuel Credit Fraud Case

    A Los Angeles businessman convicted for his role in a $511 million renewable-energy tax fraud scheme should get life in prison, prosecutors told a Utah federal court Monday, arguing that his "unparalleled greed," lack of remorse and other factors support such a sentence.

  6. February 12, 2021

    Convicted LA Businessman Can't Redo $512M Tax Fraud Trial

    A Utah federal court rejected a Los Angeles businessman's requests for a new trial related to his involvement in a $512 million renewable-energy tax fraud scheme, finding the federal government's evidence sufficient to support the jury's guilty verdict.

  7. April 30, 2020

    $511M Fraud Conviction Based On Withheld Info, Court Told

    Los Angeles businessman Lev Dermen wants a Utah federal court to reopen discovery following his March conviction for a $511 million fraud, citing a new guilty plea from a Beverly Hills lawyer that Dermen says shows prosecutors withheld important information from him, including an allegedly corrupt ex-FBI agent.

  8. March 25, 2020

    Feds Say Virus Fears Didn't Taint $511M Fraud Conviction

    Prosecutors who recently obtained a conviction against Los Angeles businessman Lev Dermen for a $511 million tax fraud told a Utah federal court Tuesday the man's push for a coronavirus-based mistrial is off-base since the district is still still conducting already-begun criminal trials to this day.

  9. March 23, 2020

    LA Businessman Says Jury's Conviction Was Virus-Driven

    The Utah jury that convicted Los Angeles businessman Lev Dermen in a $511 million tax fraud last Monday appeared to have been in the grip of a coronavirus panic, Dermen's lawyers told a federal court Monday, emphatically renewing the camp's pre-verdict request for a mistrial.

  10. March 16, 2020

    LA Businessman Convicted In $511M Biofuels Tax Fraud Case

    A federal jury in Salt Lake City on Monday convicted Los Angeles businessman Lev Dermen on money laundering-related offenses in a sprawling $511 million tax fraud case accusing him of masterminding a multistate fraud to pass off fake biofuels to reap federal incentives, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.