United States Seventh Circuit

Sentences imposed on a husband and wife for filing false income tax returns are affirmed where: 1) the husband occupied a position of trust as the special assistant to the mayor of East Chicago, and his abuse of that position significantly aided him in committing and concealing his tax evasion; and 2) the couple's creation of shell corporations to conceal payments received qualified as sophisticated means for enhancement purposes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/12/2006
• Published 12/12/2006

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, KANNE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas L. Kirsch, II (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Alison L. Benjamin (argued), Nick J. Thiros, Cohen & Thiros, Merrillville, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.