March 27, 2023
The former chief financial officer of a Russian gas company should not be acquitted by a judge of a slew of tax charges stemming from his hidden Swiss bank accounts, federal prosecutors argued Monday as his weeklong trial wrapped in Naples, Florida.
March 24, 2023
A Florida federal court should dismiss the tax charges against the former chief financial officer of Russian gas company Novatek midtrial because the government improperly extended time limits for making the accusations, the former CFO told the court Friday.
March 22, 2023
A Florida federal court should exclude evidence of the wealth of a former chief financial officer of Russian gas company Novatek from his trial on multiple tax charges, he told the court, saying that class prejudice among the jurors could unfairly bias them against him.
March 14, 2023
A former executive of a Russian natural gas company who federal prosecutors say concealed $93 million in overseas accounts must turn over his Swiss bank records, a Florida judge ruled, finding no reason to undo a recent decision ordering him to share the documents with authorities.
March 13, 2023
A former executive for a Russian gas company who's facing trial on charges he hid $93 million in overseas accounts challenged a federal magistrate judge's order to hand over his Swiss bank records by Monday, saying the judge ignored blatant violations of his Fifth Amendment rights.
March 10, 2023
The statute of limitations for pursuing criminal tax charges against a Russian gas company executive was properly extended, a Florida federal judge ruled Friday in denying the executive's request to save the decision for a jury in his coming trial.
March 08, 2023
A Russian gas company executive accused of hiding $93 million in overseas accounts must immediately hand over his Swiss bank records, a Florida federal magistrate judge ordered Wednesday, saying the executive is refusing to comply with a subpoena less than two weeks before his tax evasion trial.
February 28, 2023
A Russian gas company executive facing federal trial on myriad tax and fraud charges, including hiding $93 million from the Internal Revenue Service, should be sanctioned if he continues to avoid handing over his Swiss bank records, the U.S. government told a Florida federal court.
February 22, 2023
A Russian gas executive accused of hiding $93 million from the IRS in overseas accounts accused federal prosecutors Wednesday of strong-arming a Swiss bank into producing his account records, violating his right to avoid incriminating himself ahead of his upcoming trial.
February 10, 2023
A Russian gas executive accused of hiding $93 million from the Internal Revenue Service in overseas accounts may not exclude foreign financial documents from his trial next month, a Florida federal judge ruled, rejecting the executive's claim that the documents were untrustworthy.