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United States v. EcoVest Capital Inc., et al
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March 24, 2020
U.S. Department of Justice press releases announcing a $2 billion conservation easement scheme did not improperly disclose a real estate appraiser's tax information because the material was already in the public domain, the department has told a federal court.
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March 10, 2020
A Georgia federal court should consider an appraiser's argument alleging the U.S. government improperly disclosed his tax return information in a $2 billion suit involving the purveyance of conservation easement deductions, the appraiser has told the court.
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January 29, 2020
A real estate business and individuals accused of generating $2 billion in illicit conservation easement deductions may continue asserting several affirmative defenses against the U.S., as a Georgia federal court ruled Wednesday against the government's bid to strike them.
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January 27, 2020
The U.S. should be allowed to dig into 96 conservation easement transactions it considers abusive as it builds a $2 billion tax deductions case against a Georgia real estate company and others, the government has told a Georgia federal court.
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January 16, 2020
Third-party government subpoenas seeking information on an alleged scheme by a Georgia real estate company to generate $2 billion in illicit conservation easement tax deductions are overbroad and should be limited, the company told a Georgia federal court.
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January 08, 2020
A real estate company accused by the U.S. of illicitly generating $2 billion in tax deductions through abusive conservation easement deals criticized the Department of Justice on Wednesday, saying the department was unnecessarily drawing out its case.
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December 10, 2019
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday disagreed with the government that a former real estate business owner accused of participating in a $2 billion conservation easement scheme acted as an appraiser, dismissing the claim but keeping several others.
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August 02, 2019
The U.S., which had sought dozens of third-party document subpoenas in a suit accusing a Georgia real estate company of a $2 billion conservation easement tax fraud, will be initially limited to 10 subpoenas, a Georgia federal judge ruled Friday.
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April 10, 2019
Allegations against an Alabama land appraiser over his role in a $2 billion fraud scheme involving conservation easements should not be dismissed since the government's accusations are detailed and specific, the U.S. recently told a Georgia federal court.
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April 05, 2019
The government has sufficiently alleged that a Georgia real estate company and others participated in an illegal scheme to generate more than $2 billion in land conservation tax deductions and the case should not be dismissed, the U.S. said Friday.