Legal Opinion
United States v. Roger S. Baskes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 4, 1981No. 80-2825PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Roger S. Baskes was found guilty, after a three week jury trial, of conspiring to defraud the government in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and of aiding and abetting in the preparation of false income tax returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2). He appeals. For the reasons stated in this opinion, we affirm.
The conspiracy involved a fraudulent scheme to assist two taxpayers in deferring their tax liability on a seven million dollar capital gain they had realized in 1973. A tax plan was devised to funnel the taxable gain to foreign trusts by means of prearranged commodities transactions.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. Robert McPartlinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Herman Tyrone HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- United States v. William R. Ming, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- James Hepperle v. James A. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- United States v. Grover Cleveland BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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