Legal Opinion
United States v. Okoronkwo
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1995No. 93-02320PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Appellants in this criminal ease are James Okoronkwo, Emmanuel Ezinwa, Onweazu Okwechime, Boko Chuks Eke and Tonet Jackson. All five were convicted for their role in a sizeable conspiracy to file false income tax returns with the United States government. Members of this conspiracy would recruit people to file tax returns and assist them in filling out fraudulent returns. Typically, these returns would claim that the filer was in the transportation business and had bought an enormous amount of fuel, entitling the person to a huge fuel excise tax credit and,…
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