Calif. Civil Rights Attorney Guilty of Evasion
Venice civil rights attorney Stephen G. Yagman was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for attempting to evade more than $100,000 in federal income taxes and committing bankruptcy fraud.
U.S. Dist. Judge Stephen V. Wilson said he imposed a “serious sentence” after being “shocked” by Yagman’s testimony in court, which was “so transparently untrue in so many areas.”
A federal jury convicted Yagman in June, finding him guilty of 19 felony counts — one count of attempting to evade the payment of taxes, one count of bankruptcy fraud and 17 counts of money laundering. On a defense motion following the trial, Judge Wilson later acquitted Yagman on six of the money laundering counts.
“In this case, in my view, justice was done,” Judge Wilson said today. “The jury was right.”
Yagman had $158,000 in tax debt, including penalties and interest.
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