USA v. Pursley
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4:18-cr-00575
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March 28, 2023
Atty Whose Tax Conviction Was Overturned Enters Guilty Plea
A former Houston attorney whose conviction in a multimillion-dollar tax fraud scheme was overturned by the Fifth Circuit last year pled guilty Tuesday to one count of a four-count indictment first handed up in 2018.
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April 07, 2021
Ex-Texas Atty Denied COVID-19 Prison Release
A former Houston attorney convicted of being involved in an $18 million tax scheme must serve the remainder of his two-year sentence in federal prison despite concerns he raised over COVID-19, a Southern District of Texas judge ruled Wednesday.
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March 23, 2021
Ex-Atty Got COVID Vax So No Early Release, Gov't Says
A former Houston attorney convicted of being involved in an $18 million tax scheme should not be released from federal prison early for COVID-19 reasons after serving about a quarter of his sentence because he's already been vaccinated, prosecutors argued Monday.
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March 18, 2021
Texas Atty Involved In $18M Tax Scheme Wants Out Of Prison
A Houston attorney convicted of being involved in an $18 million tax scheme has asked to be released from federal prison early after serving about a quarter of his sentence, claiming he's at high risk of contracting COVID-19 and has behaved well during his six months behind bars.
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August 05, 2020
Houston Atty Gets 2 Years In Prison For $18M Tax Scheme
A Houston attorney convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service in an $18 million tax scheme was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison followed by two years of supervised release, according to court records.
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October 10, 2019
Houston Attorney Denied Retrial Over $18M Tax Scheme
A Houston attorney convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service in an $18 million tax scheme will not get another chance in front of a Texas jury after a federal judge refused to grant him a new trial.
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October 01, 2019
Atty Shouldn't Get Retrial Over $18M Tax Scheme, Court Told
There is plenty of evidence against a Houston attorney convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service in an $18 million tax scheme, the U.S. government has told a Texas court in asking to uphold the conviction and deny a retrial.
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September 09, 2019
Houston Attorney Convicted In $18M Tax Evasion Scheme
A Houston-based attorney has been convicted in a Texas federal court for his role in a scheme to repatriate more than $18 million in untaxed earnings from the Isle of Man.
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June 13, 2019
Atty Can't Nix $18M Tax Evasion Row Over Stalling Claims
A federal judge rejected an attorney's request to dismiss allegations that he repatriated more than $18 million in untaxed earnings, saying additional time granted to the U.S. did not violate his right to a speedy trial.
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June 10, 2019
Atty Says Feds 'Tampered' With Transcript, Wants Sanctions
A Houston-based attorney accused of evading taxes by allegedly repatriating more than $18 million in untaxed earnings from the Isle of Man has urged a Texas federal court to toss the case, claiming the federal government made unauthorized changes to a deposition transcript.