Note to Readers: This blog initially discussed only the opinion on Preliminary Sentencing Findings. I have since obtained the subsequent sentencing opinion. I accordingly ad a link to the sentencing opinion and a short discussion of it at the end of this blog.
PRELIMINARY SENTENCING OPINION 3/14/11
Only 3 defendants have been tried recently amidst the Government's juggernaut against foreign bank accounts. All were convicted. I have previously discussed here, 2 of those defendants, father and son, who were convicted and sentenced to 40 months each. I want to talk today about the other whose prosecution, technically, did not arise from that juggernaut, but who was tried for foreign bank account violations during the ongoing juggernaut. He is James A. Simon whom I have discussed before here.
Mr. Simons' prosecution apparently arose from an investigated that predated the UBS brouhaha from whence the flurry of criminal charges arose. He had a number of criminal issues beyond just failing to report and pay tax on income stashed in foreign banks and filing the required FBAR. He did not plead and was convicted of multiple counts as will be noted.
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