The Fourth Amendment Protection Against Unreasonable Search and Seizure in an IRS Criminal Tax Evasion or CriminalTax Fraud Case

The Fourth Amendment Protection Against Unreasonable Search and Seizure in an IRS Criminal Tax Evasion or CriminalTax Fraud Case

Tax Law
By Anthony Diosdi An individual who is the subject of a criminal tax fraud case has the same rights as any other criminal defendant against unreasonable search and seizure in a criminal tax fraud case. The Fourth Amendment constitutional right against unreasonable searches and seizure typically comes into play in tax evasion cases principally in warrantless searches of a taxpayer’s books and records. The usual Fourth Amendment question arises as follows: An individual consents to the examination of his books and records believing the examination concerns only civil tax liability; he believes it is only a civil audit because the special agent has not advised him of the function of a special agent or of his constitutional rights. The taxpayer therefore contends 1) that a search of his “papers” has…
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Can Todd and Julie Chrisley of “Chrisley Knows Best” Blame their Legal Troubles on a Whistleblower Statute?

Can Todd and Julie Chrisley of “Chrisley Knows Best” Blame their Legal Troubles on a Whistleblower Statute?

Tax Law
By Anthony Diosdi A federal grand jury has indicted reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley on multiple counts of federal crimes including tax evasion. The Chrisleys’ accountant, Peter Tarantino, was also indicted for a number of tax crimes. The Chrisley’s are stars of a successful reality show known as “Chrisley Knows Best”. Todd Chrisley recently declared his innocence on an Instagram post. In his post, Todd Chrisley blamed his legal troubles on a former employee. Todd Chrisley’s Instagram post stated as follows: “Needless to say, we fired the guy and took him to court- and that’s when the real trouble started. To get revenge, he took a bunch of his phony documents to the U.S. Attorney’s office and told them we had committed all kinds of financial crimes, like…
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