A trial court was permitted to detain a Texas attorney before his trial on multiple charges including willfully filing false tax returns and witness tampering, an appeals panel ruled Oct. 24.
Jeffrey Stern participated in a 13-year scheme to defraud the IRS, even continuing to do so after being forced to pay fines and penalties in 2010 as a result of a civil audit, according to testimony from an IRS agent. Around the time of the federal criminal investigation into his activities, he was making around $3 million a year.
Stern has foreign bank accounts and ...
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