September 09, 2021
Documents from a closed $20 million tax debt case should remain confidential for the purposes of a bankruptcy case involving two of the tax case's corporate defendants, the companies told a Utah federal court.
December 02, 2019
The U.S. government can start to collect on a man's $20 million tax debt by imposing liens on real property that was fraudulently transferred, a Utah federal court said Monday.
April 25, 2019
A dispute over U.S. liens on real property to collect taxes owed by a man involved in a Ponzi scheme must go to trial to clear up the relationship between him and the owners of the property, a Utah federal judge has ruled.
September 25, 2018
The U.S. does not have a claim to a Utah property it is seeking to foreclose to fulfill a real estate developer's $20 million tax debt because the funds for the property came from a Ponzi scheme and never legitimately belonged to him, the property owners argued in a motion for summary judgment filed Monday in federal district court.
October 03, 2017
A Utah magistrate judge on Tuesday granted the U.S. government's bid to push discovery deadlines back by one year in a property dispute related to a $20 million tax suit, rejecting objections from landowners based on their contention that the government has already dragged out the process.
August 24, 2017
A Utah federal magistrate judge agreed Wednesday to a brief, jointly requested discovery extension in a property dispute bound for a jury trial related to a $20 million tax suit, even after previously rebuking attorneys for gamesmanship during the process.
June 09, 2017
A Utah federal judge on Friday rebuked attorneys in a property dispute related to a $20 million tax suit for gamesmanship in discovery proceedings, warning that future attempts by either party to employ "hardball" tactics could result in costs being awarded to the opposing party.
February 19, 2016
The U.S. government on Thursday asked a Utah federal court to enter judgment that a real estate developer and his wife owe the Internal Revenue Service some $31 million in taxes, penalties and interest over a decade and to foreclose tax liens against them.