May 07, 2026
A Texas federal judge dismissed 13 wire fraud charges against four men accused of running a $1 billion tax shelter scheme, ruling prosecutors improperly relied on a statute with a lower intent standard than the applicable tax fraud law.
December 14, 2022
A federal judge delayed the criminal trial of a Dallas tax attorney and three members of an accounting firm accused of using shell companies to hide $1 billion from the IRS for wealthy clients, declaring the case "complex" and saying prosecutors needed more time to prepare.
November 30, 2022
A Texas accounting firm whose two owners and tax manager are accused of helping a Dallas lawyer hide $1 billion for wealthy clients will face a jury trial in February now that all four men have pled not guilty.
November 17, 2022
The owners and tax manager of a Texas accounting firm were indicted in federal court on accusations of conspiring to defraud the government by helping clients hide more than $1 billion in income, the latest to be charged in an alleged shell company scheme devised by a Dallas attorney.
October 28, 2022
A Dallas lawyer helped his clients hide $1 billion in business income from the Internal Revenue Service, creating shell companies to make their deductions and tax exemptions appear legitimate and helping them file false returns, federal prosecutors said.