Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tax Conspiracy Conviction Will Stand
KENTUCKY...
A federal judge says an Illinois man convicted of a tax conspiracy charge will not be given a new trial.
U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Simpson III ruled this week on a motion by an attorney for Thomas Schroeder to either acquit his client or retry him.
Simpson ruled that Schroeder's September conviction will stand, and no new trial will take place.
Schroeder was found guilty in a case that also involved former University of Louisville education dean Robert Felner. The two were accused in a scheme to bilk $2.3 million from U of L, the University of Rhode Island and a drug and alcohol treatment agency.
Schroeder, of Port Byron, Ill., is to be sentenced Dec. 14.
Felner pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering and tax evasion and is serving a 63-month sentence.
A federal judge says an Illinois man convicted of a tax conspiracy charge will not be given a new trial.
U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Simpson III ruled this week on a motion by an attorney for Thomas Schroeder to either acquit his client or retry him.
Simpson ruled that Schroeder's September conviction will stand, and no new trial will take place.
Schroeder was found guilty in a case that also involved former University of Louisville education dean Robert Felner. The two were accused in a scheme to bilk $2.3 million from U of L, the University of Rhode Island and a drug and alcohol treatment agency.
Schroeder, of Port Byron, Ill., is to be sentenced Dec. 14.
Felner pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering and tax evasion and is serving a 63-month sentence.
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