Idaho Internal Revenue Law
<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Danielle Painter </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Over $196,000 from the City of New Plymouth </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former City Clerk / Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $196,000 from the City of New Plymouth</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Daniel... More...
$0 (05-02-2025 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Brendon McCormick </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bank Fraud Related to Stolen U.S. Treasury Checks </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Las Vegas Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison for Bank Fraud Related to Stolen U.S. Treasury Checks</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br>... More...
$0 (09-27-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Ernesto Garza </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Extorting H-2A Agricultural Workers and Tax Fraud </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Farm Foreman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Extorting H-2A Agricultural Workers and Tax Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Ernest... More...
$0 (09-23-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. James Dougherty; Jessica Dougherty </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Husband and Wife Sentenced for Defrauding an Elderly Victim Out of Her Home and Obstruction of Justice</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> James Dougherty, 44, of Boise, was sentenced to ... More...
$0 (09-01-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Juan James Dougherty; Jessica Dougherty </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Husband and Wife Sentenced for Defrauding an Elderly Victim Out of Her Home and Obstruction of Justice</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In early 2015, James Dougherty, age 44, of Bois... More...
$0 (08-24-2024 - ID)<h1><center> United States of America v. Barry Pierce </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Tampering with Emissions Control Systems and Selling Tampering Software </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Idaho Diesel Parts Companies and Owner Sentenced for Tampering with Emissions Control Systems and Selling Tampering Software </h2></cent... More...
$0 (07-30-2024 - ID)<h2><center> United States of America v. Keveny Rosier </h2></center>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation and prsentation of a false and fraudulent tax return, statement or other document.<br> <br> Keveny Rosier, 45, operated a tax preparation business in Boise, Idaho and prepared tax returns for clients for the 2016 and 2017 tax years. On returns he prepared, Rosier routinely falsely i... More...
$0 (09-11-2023 - ID)<h2><center> United States of America v. Nicole Beth Howerzyl </h2></center>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with failure to account for and pay over employment tax.<br> <br> From approximately 1999 to 2019, Nicole Beth Howerzyl, 69, of Nampa, was a corporate officer for Dave’s Motorcycle, Inc. (DMI) in Nampa. DMI was in the business of selling and servicing motorcycles. During that time, Howerzyl handled the bookkeeping for DMI,... More...
$0 (12-29-2021 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Douglas Wold </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering.<br> <br> Douglas Wold, 48, of Meridian, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, and one count of money laundering based on schemes to defraud his employer, Fry Foods, Inc., during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael ... More...
$0 (05-19-2021 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Scott Koritansky </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charge with income tax evasion.<br> <br> Scott Koritansky, 54, of Meridian, was charged with income tax evasion.<br> <br> From 2004 through 2010, Koritansky earned combined income totaling over $500,000 but did not pay any taxes those years. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conducted an investigation and notified Koritansky that he owed ... More...
$0 (04-27-2021 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Harlan Hale </h2> </center>
Boise, Idaho RICO charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Harlan Hale, age 55,who was charged++++++++++++++++++++++++9 with being a leader of the Idaho prison gang known as the Aryan Knights, or “AK,†was charged with one count of participating in a RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act) conspiracy and one count of committing a violent crime in furth... More...
$0 (04-02-2021 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Andrew Welch </h2> </center>
Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense bankruptcy fraud charge lawyer represented Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was concealment of assets in bankruptcy.<br> <br> According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petition... More...
$0 (01-09-2021 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Andrew Welch </h2> </center>
Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense bankruptcy fraud lawyer<br> <br> Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was charged with concealment of assets in bankruptcy.<br> <br> According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petiti... More...
$0 (12-28-2020 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jamie Gillette </h2> </center>
Coeur d'Alene, ID - Wire fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Jamie Gillette, age 53, who was charged with r wire fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return.<br> <br> According to court records, from in or about 2011 through in or about 2015, Gillette devised a scheme to defraud, and to misappropriate without authority money and property belonging to her employer, Bendable Bri... More...
$0 (11-18-2020 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Benjamin Michael Elgethun </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://www.id.uscourts.gov/shared/images/skin_Bl/US_Courts_Idaho_Seal_Float.png"><br> </center><br> <br> Boise, ID - The United States of America charged Benjamin Michael Elgethun with distribution of methamphetamine.<br> <br> According to court records, Elgethun was a methamphetamine dealer in the Boise area between March and June 2019. Law enforcement used a c... More...
$0 (07-11-2020 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Brooks Allan Case </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/Boise_Courthouse_v4.jpg"><br> </center><br> Boise, ID - The United States of America charged Brooks Allan Case, age 32, with distribution of meth.<br> <br> In order to protect the health of the jurors, parties, and court staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. District Court consulted with an epidemiologist and ensured all persons involved wi... More...
$0 (06-19-2020 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Brooks Allan Case </h2> </center>
Boise, ID - The United States of America charged Brooks Allan Case with drug distribution.<br> <br> A federal jury sitting in Boise convicted Brooks Allan Case, 32, of Star, Idaho, of distribution of methamphetamine. The trial began on Monday, June 1, 2020, and concluded on Thursday afternoon when the jury returned their verdict.<br> <br> In order to protect the health of the jurors, parties, and ... More...
$0 (06-09-2020 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Alexandr Stricharskiy </h2> </center>
Boise, ID - The United States of America charged Alexandr Stricharskiy with distribution of meth.<br> <br> Alexandr Stricharskiy, 40, of Meridian, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 63 months in prison for distributing fifty grams or more of pure methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Stricharskiy to pay a $2,500 ... More...
$0 (01-29-2020 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Alexandr Stricharskiy </h2> </center>
Boise, ID - The United States of America charged Alexandr Stricharskiy with distributing meth.<br> <br> Alexandr Stricharskiy, 40, of Meridian, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 63 months in prison for distributing fifty grams or more of pure methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Stricharskiy to pay a $2,500 fine... More...
$0 (01-20-2020 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. David Hansen </h2> </center>
Boise, ID - The United States of America charged David Hansen with wire fraud.<br> <br> David Hansen, 48, of Idaho Falls, pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Pursuant to a written plea agreement filed with the court, Hansen pleaded guilty to count 16 of the superseding indictment. <br> <br> According to court records, Hansen was the Chief Executive Officer and a 90-percent partner in Yellowstone Partner... More...
$0 (12-29-2019 - ID)<center> <h2> Robert Martin v. City of Boise </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://ecf.idd.uscourts.gov/graphics/seal.gif"><br> </center><br> “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich<br> and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg<br> in the streets, and to steal their bread.”<br> — Anatole France, The Red Lily<br> We consider whether the Eighth Amendment’s<br> prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment bars a city fr... More...
$0 (09-04-2018 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jamie Gillette </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/id/locations/cda.jpg"><br> </center><br> Coeur d'Alene, ID - Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement and False Tax Return<br> Jamie Gillette Embezzled from Bendable Bright Light, Inc.<br> <br> Jamie Gillette, 53, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Ba... More...
$0 (10-19-2019 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Steven Tobin </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://ecf.idd.uscourts.gov/graphics/seal.gif"><br> </center><br> Pocatello, ID - East Idaho Meth Dealer Sentenced to 210 Months in Federal Prison<br> <br> Steven Tobin, 47, of Blackfoot, Idaho, was sentenced to 210 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Tobin was sentenced by Chief U.... More...
$0 (10-09-2019 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Artur Pupko </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://ecf.idd.uscourts.gov/graphics/seal.gif"><br> </center><br> Boise, ID - Boise Man Pleads Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Counterfeit Cellphone Scheme<br> <br> Artur Pupko, 28, of Boise, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to trafficking in counterfeit goods.<br> <br> According to court records, Pupko conspired with others to operate a multi-million dollar... More...
$0 (09-29-2019 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Adam Arrow Weinberger and William Morris Antelope
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.alscarchitects.com/assets/Projects/u-s-federal-courthouse-ID110/cda-fedbldg-nw.jpg"><br> </center><br> Coeur d'Alene, ID - Two Men Sentenced in Multistate Drug Ring<br> <br> Adam Arrow Weinberger, 57, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and William Morris Antelope, 47, of Cheney, Washington, are the latest sentenced in a multistate drug investigation, U.S. Att... More...
$0 (10-29-2018 - ID)<center> <h2> MFG Financial, Inc. v. Justin Vigos <P> <img width="300" src="https://events.boisestate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Idaho-Supreme-Court.png"> <P> Idaho Supreme Court - Boise, Idaho </h2> </center>
Justin Vigos appeals the decision of the district court in Ada County reversing an order from the magistrate court granting his motion for summary judgment against MFG Financial, Inc. (MFG). MFG initiated this action to recover damages from a breach of contract. In 2007, Vigos purchased a vehicle from Karl Malone Toyota. The contract was assigned to Courtesy Auto Credit (Courtesy). After some time... More...
$0 (01-18-2018 - ID)<center> <h2> Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. v. Lawrence G. Wasden <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Chapters/Idaho-Chapter/CourthouseEDIT.aspx"> <P> District of Idaho Federal Courthouse - Boise, Idaho </h2> </center>
Investigative journalism has long been a fixture in the American press, particularly with regard to food safety.1 In the early 1900s, Upton Sinclair highlighted conditions in the meat-packing industry in The Jungle, a novel based on his time working incognito in a packing plant.2 This case also originates in the agricultural sector�a secretly-filmed expos� of the operation of an Idaho da... More...
$0 (01-09-2018 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. David Lon Rose <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Chapters/Idaho-Chapter/CourthouseEDIT.aspx"> <P> District of Idaho Federal Courthouse - Boise, Idaho </h2> </center>
Boise, ID - Former IRS Revenue Agent Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine<br> <br> David Lon Rose, 43, of Boise, was sentenced December 4, 2017 in federal court to two years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine. Rose pleaded guilty to that charge on September 18, 2017. He was sentenced by Senior U.S. Distric... More...
$0 (12-11-2017 - ID)<center><h2>STATE OF IDAHO v. TERESA LEE TOLLMAN</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src="https://events.boisestate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Idaho-Supreme-Court.png"> </td> </table></center><center><h3><FONT COLOR="black">Idaho Supreme Court </FONT> </h3>
In December 2012, Tollman pled guilty to the felony crime of driving under the influence. In March 2013, the district court sentenced Tollman to a unified term of ten years, with two and a half years fixed followed by seven and a half years indeterminate. The judgment required that Tollman’s driver’s license be absolutely suspended for five years beginning on the date of Tollman’s release fr... More...
$0 (11-26-2017 - ID)<center> <h2> Todd J. Phillips v. Richard D. Gomez <P> <img width="300" src="http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/idaho/files/styles/medium/public/201706/idaho_supreme_court_building_ap_rebecca_boone.jpg"> <P> Idaho Supreme Court - Boise, Idaho </h2> </center>
This case arises from Richard Gomez’s breach of a real estate agreement for the sale and purchase of residential real estate from Todd Phillips in his capacity as Trustee of Trust “A” of the Elliott Family Trust. Phillips appeals the Ada County district court’s denial of Phillips’s request to recover actual damages. After a bench trial, the district court held that Phillips’s claim for... More...
$0 (11-08-2017 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. James Peirsol <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Chapters/Idaho-Chapter/CourthouseEDIT.aspx"> <P> District of Idaho Federal Courthouse - Boise, Idaho </h2> </center>
Boise, ID - Large Scale Boise Methamphetamine Distributor Sentenced to Over 16 Years in Federal Prison<br> <br> James Peirsol, 53, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine throughout the Treasure Valley. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge also sentenced Peirsol to serve ten years of supervised release.<br> <br> Peirsol pleaded gu... More...
$0 (10-23-2017 - ID)In the Matter of Jane Doe, III
This is a parental rights termination and adoption case. John Doe I (“Father”) is incarcerated. The magistrate court held that it was in the best interest of Jane Doe III (“Child”) that Father’s rights be terminated so that John Doe II (“Stepfather”) may adopt her. We affirm.<br> I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND<br> Jane Doe II (“Mother”) and Father are the natural parents of... More...
$0 (05-31-2017 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jonathan Peirsol <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Chapters/Idaho-Chapter/CourthouseEDIT.aspx"> </h2> </center>
Idaho Resident Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns<br> <br> A Blackfoot, Idaho small business owner was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez Jr. for the District of Idaho.<br> <br> Accor... More...
$0 (05-13-2017 - ID)United States of America v. Terry Dudley and Jacque Sue Garner
Boise, ID - Two Treasure Valley Methamphetamine Dealers Sentenced to Federal Prison<br> <br> Terry Dudley, 45, of Weiser, Idaho and Jacque Sue Garner, 56, of Nampa, Idaho were sentenced yesterday for distributing methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Both Dudley and Garner pleaded guilty to one count of distributing methamphetamine. Dudley was sentenced to 130 months in ... More...
$0 (04-10-2017 - ID)United States of America v. Bernandino Mercado, Jr.
Boise, ID - Nampa Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine<br> <br> Bernandino Mercado, Jr., 50, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.<br> <br> According to statements made at the hearing, Mercado distributed multiple pounds of methamphetamine out of his Nampa residence between June 2015 and September 2016. Mercado also admitted to traffi... More...
$0 (03-09-2017 - ID)United States of America v. Bernardino Mercado, Jr.
Boise, ID - Nampa Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine<br> <br> Bernandino Mercado, Jr., 50, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.<br> <br> According to statements made at the hearing, Mercado distributed multiple pounds of methamphetamine out of his Nampa residence between June 2015 and Septe... More...
$0 (03-09-2017 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Rodrigo Ramirez and Irwin Camacho </h2> <P> <img width="400" src="http://police.cityofboise.org/ImageGen.ashx?image=/media/619448/shoresjohnny.png&height=375"> </center>
Boise, ID - Arizona Men Sentenced to Prison After Transporting Five Pounds of Heroin to Nampa, Idaho<br> <br> Rodrigo Ramirez, 22, and Irwin Camacho, 19, both of Phoenix, Arizona, were sentenced for possession with intent to distribute heroin. Ramirez was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill to serve 70 months imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release. Ca... More...
$0 (12-28-2016 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Mateo Salome Espinoza </h2> <P> <img width="400" src="http://i1.wp.com/www.nevispages.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Illegal-Firearm-and-ammunition-seized-in-Nevis-09Jun2016.jpg?fit=640%2C480"> </center>
Boise, ID - Norteno Gang Members Sentenced to Federal Prison <br> <br> Mateo Salome Espinoza, 20, of Nampa, Idaho was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison yesterday for the crime of unlawful possession of ammunition. Following his term of imprisonment, he will have to serve three years of supervised release. A federal grand jury indicted Espinoza and his brother Juan on April 12, 2016.<br> <... More...
$0 (12-07-2016 - ID)<center> <h2> United States of America v. James Brett John </h2> <p> <img width="400" src="http://thelakenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Seized-Meth.jpg"> </center>
Boise, ID - Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Drug Charge<br> <br> James Brett John, 30, of Kuna, Idaho, was sentenced to 92 months in prison for the possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. John was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 10, 2016. He pleaded guilty to the charge on September 13, 2016. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced John to 8 years of super... More...
$0 (11-23-2016 - ID)United States of America v. Robert Hill
COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Eighth Defendant in North Idaho Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty<br> <br> Robert Hill, 48, of Williston, North Dakota, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin and oxycodone. Hill is the eighth defendant to plead guilty. Eleven defendants in total were charged in the superseding indictment which was issued by the grand jury on April 19, 2016. <br> <br> Du... More...
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