August 20, 2024
A Michigan business owner already accused of COVID-19 loan fraud cannot have a superseding wire fraud charge tossed even though a mistrial was declared in the loan fraud case, a Michigan federal judge has ruled.
February 28, 2024
A jury shouldn't be shown evidence of the U.S. government's error in approving a Michigan business owner's application for a Paycheck Protection Program loan while he was under indictment, federal prosecutors have argued.
January 08, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Michigan federal judge's declaration of a mistrial in a tax case after the judge was exposed to COVID-19 when his wife tested positive for the virus.
July 27, 2023
Just days after a Sixth Circuit panel said a mistrial was justified in a tax case because the judge was exposed to COVID-19, federal prosecutors said a business owner on trial for allegedly failing to remit payroll taxes lied to the government to obtain pandemic relief loans by saying he wasn't subject to an active indictment.
July 18, 2023
A Michigan judge was justified in declaring a mistrial in a tax case during the pandemic because courthouse rules barred him from appearing in person due to his exposure to COVID-19, a split Sixth Circuit panel concluded.
January 25, 2023
A Sixth Circuit judge on Wednesday said he was stumped by a district court judge's decision to declare a mistrial after his wife and a material witness tested positive for COVID-19, seeming to side with a business owner accused of payroll tax evasion who said there were ways to continue the trial safely.