Earlier
this
year,
SCOTUSblog
co-founder
and
veteran
Supreme
Court
litigator
Tom
Goldstein
was arrested
on
a
22-count
indictment alleging
tax
crimes
and
making
false
statements
to
lenders.
According
to
the
government,
Goldstein
participated
in
high-stakes
poker
games
and
failed
to
disclose
his
winnings
(in
tax
filings)
and
losings
(in
loan
applications).
Over
the
course
of
several
years,
the
indictment
says
that
Goldstein
racked
up
big
winnings
and
bigger
losses
in
high-stakes
underground
poker
matches,
both
domestically
and
abroad.
By
the
time
of
the
alleged
loan
fraud,
the
indictment
says
Goldstein
was
millions
in
debt.
And
while
he
didn’t
report
all
his
gambling
income,
a
good
deal
of
the
tax
problems
revolve
around
using
the
firm,
Goldstein
&
Russell,
to
move
money
from
firm
accounts
to
pay
personal
gambling
debts.
Plus
some
extra
personal
and
financial
shenanigans,
wherein
Goldstein
allegedly
paid
mistresses
as
employees
to
do
nonexistent
work.
Now,
according
to
an
order
entered
earlier
this
week,
District
Court
of
Maryland
Judge
Lydia
Kay
Griggsby
rejected
Goldstein’s
arguments
that
the
tax
evasion,
willful
failure
to
pay
taxes,
and
two
counts
of
aiding
and
assisting
in
the
preparation
of
a
fraudulent
tax
return
charges
he
faces
are
time
barred.
As
reported
by
Bloomberg
Law:
But
the
government
obtained
several
tolling
orders
because
Goldstein
spent
“hundreds
of
days
travelling”
outside
the
country,
Griggsby
said.
The
question
of
whether
the
statute
of
limitations
was
actually
tolled
due
to
Goldstein’s
time
abroad
is
for
a
jury
to
decide,
the
judge
added.
Goldstein
also
suffered
another
legal
loss
when
the
judge
ruled
statements
he
made
to
US
Customs
and
Border
Protection
officers were
admissible.
In
2018,
Goldstein
told
Customs
the $968,000
in
cash he
carried
was
gambling
winnings.
He
later
told
the
IRS
that
cash
constituted
loans.
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