Reversal of Convictions for Defrauding the IRS
In US v. Kottwitz, No. 08-13740, on rehearing, the court reversed defendants’ convictions for conspiracy to defraud the IRS where the district court was incorrect to deny defendants’ accountant-reliance jury instruction because, even if it was not the only and not the most likely explanation of events leading to the guilty verdicts, an evidentiary basis existed for conviction that could have involved defendants, in fact, relying on the advice of their accountant.
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Read the Eleventh Circuit’s Decision in US v. Kottwitz, No. 08-13740
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