Criminal Justice
SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein convicted in criminal tax fraud trial
SCOTUSblog co-founder and appellate attorney Tom Goldstein was convicted by a federal jury on multiple counts of fraud and tax evasion Wednesday. (Photo by Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)
A federal jury in Maryland has convicted SCOTUSblog co-founder and appellate attorney Tom Goldstein on multiple counts of fraud and tax evasion.
Goldstein, 55, faces prison time after a jury on Wednesday found him guilty on 12 of the 16 counts in the indictment charging him with tax crimes and mortgage fraud, according to coverage by the Associated Press, the National Law Journal and other news outlets.
Goldstein, an appellate attorney, has argued more than 40 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He had pleaded not guilty to all counts and denied criminal wrongdoing when he testified Feb. 11 in his defense.
Federal prosecutors charged Goldstein with failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars in gambling income. Department of Justice prosecutors also accused him of diverting money from his law firm to pay gambling debts and falsely deducting gambling debts as business expenses.
Sean Beaty, a senior litigation counsel at the DOJ’s Tax Division, highlighted Goldstein’s excessive spending and high-stakes poker lifestyle during cross-examination of the defendant.
Prosecutors said Goldstein committed tax evasion, filed fraudulent tax returns, willfully failed to pay taxes, defrauded mortgage lenders, and accumulated large gambling debts between the years 2016 and 2022.
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