Legal Opinion
United States v. Powers
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 14, 2012No. 11-2295, 11-2359PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Michael Powers and John Mahan, who ran an employment agency from 1998 to 2004 supplying temporary workers, were both convicted after an eight-day jury trial of conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding the functions of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and mail fraud. Powers was also convicted of subscribing false tax returns and Mahan of procuring false tax returns. All told, the tax fraud amounted to $7,592,003.55. As part of the fraud, they underreported the amount of the payroll to the agency’s workers’ com pensation insurance carriers. Powers is serving a…
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