Ex-Biglaw Partner Turned Celebrity Tax Adviser Sentenced To Time Behind Bars For Tax Fraud – Above the Law

Again in November, after his trial had already began, a former Biglaw tax associate pleaded responsible to 1 rely of aiding or aiding within the submitting of a false or fraudulent tax return. Evidently he was serving to his high-profile shoppers — together with DJs Tiësto and Afrojack — disguise tens of millions upon tens of millions of {dollars} from the IRS, and it was doubtless that he might face time in federal jail for doing so. (Neither DJ has been charged.) Earlier this month, his sentence was handed down.

Frank Butselaar, who labored at Greenberg Traurig’s workplace in Amsterdam from the mid-2000s till late 2013, was charged in 2022 with tax-related crimes. In response to prosecutors, he was concerned in “an extended working, worldwide fraud scheme” meant to help his well-known shoppers conceal offshore revenue from the IRS. Butselaar — who has already been in custody for 21 months — was not too long ago sentenced to 30 months in jail. Reuters has further particulars:

In an announcement, Butselaar’s protection legal professionals Kerry Lawrence and Samidh Guha stated “our aim stays to get Mr. Butselaar dwelling to his family members as quickly as potential” and that the sentencing listening to was “a step in that route.” …

“Butselaar knew that he was breaking the legislation,” prosecutors informed the decide in a courtroom submitting earlier than the sentencing. “However he did it anyway to spice up his skilled standing and construct a shopper base in industries which might be pushed by word-of-mouth suggestions.”

Prosecutors are asking that Butselaar pay $19.25 million in restitution, whereas his protection staff claims that he doesn’t owe any cash to the IRS.

Decide sentences ex-Greenberg Traurig tax lawyer to jail [Reuters]

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