71-Year-Old CPA Sentenced To 25 Years In $1.3B Tax Case

By Anna Scott Farrell (January 9, 2024, 7:05 PM EST) -- An accountant blamed by federal prosecutors for pioneering the use of conservation easements as illegal tax shelters was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday following his conviction on all counts of a $1.3 billion tax fraud scheme that drew the first criminal prosecution of its kind....

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