Tax avoidance creativity - Timothy Vu

[Judge Roy Bean]

http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index ... hemes.html

The complaint alleges that Vu’s participation in these abusive tax schemes has generated more than $515 million in bogus tax deductions that have led to federal income tax deficiencies of at least $129 million. For his role in the abusive transactions, Vu allegedly earned $3 million in compensation, according to the complaint.

[notorial dissent]

I thought they'd already locked him away for scamming, or am I thinking of someone else entirely?

[Judge Roy Bean]

I don't think it's the same one:
http://www.tanddtaxservice.com/about.html

[notorial dissent]

Could well be, the one I was remembering was a real estate scammer, common enough name. I thought maybe he'd branched out.