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Date: 08-25-2020
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United States of America v. Charles Agee Atkins
Case Number: 1:20-cr-00332-CCE-1
Judge: Catherine C. Eagles
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (Wake County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
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Raleigh, NC - The United States of America charged Charles Agee Atkins with filing a false tax return and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to court filed documents, Charles Agee Atkins controlled and operated several risk consulting businesses, including Financial Engineering & Risk Management LLC, Risk Assessment & Management LLC, and Ram Omni LLC. From 2011 through 2017, Atkins underreported the income that he received from these businesses on his tax returns, causing a tax loss of more than $380,000 to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Atkins also admitted that he failed to pay more than $420,000 in taxes he owed to the IRS for several previous years. All told, Atkins caused a tax loss of more than $800,000 to the IRS.
Atkins also pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, Atkins was convicted of tax fraud in 1988, and during a 2019 search warrant executed on Atkins’s Chapel Hill residence, federal agents found a 12 gauge shotgun, which Atkins could not legally possess because of his prior convictions.
U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles will set sentencing at a later date. At sentencing, Atkins faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison on the tax charge and ten years in prison on the felon in possession charge. He also faces a period of supervised release, restitution, and monetary penalties.
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney Martin thanked special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Assistant Chief Todd Ellinwood of the Tax Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Tanner Kroeger, who are prosecuting the case.
26:7206(1) False and fraud statements
(1)
18:922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) Felon in possession of a firearm
(2)
Outcome: 08/21/2020 Minute Entry for proceedings held before MAG/JUDGE L. PATRICK AULD: Initial Appearance/Release Hearing as to CHARLES AGEE ATKINS held on 8/21/2020 via Zoom Video Conference. Defendant on bond and appeared in person by video link to the courtroom. Court administered a colloquy with respect to the defendant waiving his right to appear physically in the courtroom. Court accepts the defendant's waiver. Defendant advised of rights and charges. The Government agrees to conditions of release. Defendant attested to Conditions of Release and Appearance Bond as set out in open court; Order Setting Conditions of Release forthcoming. (Tanner Kroeger and Todd Ellinwood appeared on behalf of the Government; Attorney(s) Douglas Kingsbery, Caroline Ciraolo, and Niles Elber appeared on behalf of defendant CHARLES AGEE ATKINS; Proceedings Recorded) (Kemp, Donita) (Entered: 08/21/2020)
08/21/2020 6 Appearance Bond Entered as to CHARLES AGEE ATKINS (1) $50,000.00 UNSECURED. (Garland, Leah) (Entered: 08/21/2020)
08/21/2020 7 ORDER Setting Conditions of Release as to CHARLES AGEE ATKINS. Signed by MAG/JUDGE L. PATRICK AULD on 8/21/2020. (Garland, Leah) (Entered: 08/21/2020)
08/21/2020 8 WAIVER OF INDICTMENT. (Sanders, Marlene) (Entered: 08/21/2020)
08/21/2020 Minute Entry for proceedings held before JUDGE CATHERINE C. EAGLES:Arraignment as to CHARLES AGEE ATKINS (1) on Counts 1 & 2 held on 8/21/20. Defendant pleads GUILTY to all charges. (Court Reporter Lori Russell.) (Sanders, Marlene) (Entered: 08/21/2020)
08/21/2020 Minute Entry for proceedings held before JUDGE CATHERINE C. EAGLES: AUSA Tanner Kroeger and Todd Ellinwood DOJ appeared for Government. Douglas Kingsberry, Caroline Ciraolo and Niles Elber present as counsel for defendant. CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING held on 8/21/2020 via Zoom Video Conference. Defendant present on bond and appeared in person from his home. Defendant affirmed; Court administered a colloquy with respect to the defendant waiving his right to appear physically in the courtroom; Court accepts the defendant's waiver. Defendant waives indictment by the Grand Jury; Court accepts waiver of indictment. Court reviews the plea agreement; Court finds defendant competent to enter a guilty plea; Factual Basis Hearing Held. Court adjudges CHARLES AGEE ATKINS (1) GUILTY on Counts 1 and 2. Court orders the preparation of a Presentence Report. Sentencing set for 11/6/2020 at 11:30 AM in Greensboro Courtroom #3 before JUDGE CATHERINE C. EAGLES. (Court Reporter Lori Russell.) (Sanders, Marlene) (Entered: 08/21/2020)
08/21/2020 Case as to CHARLES AGEE ATKINS reassigned to JUDGE CATHERINE C. EAGLES. UNASSIGNED no longer assigned to the case. (Sanders, Marlene) (Entered: 08/21/2020)
08/21/2020 9 STANDARD ORDER for criminal cases proceeding before JUDGE CATHERINE C. EAGLES. (Sanders, Marlene) (Entered: 08/21/2020)
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