California Trio Hit with Tax Evasion Charges

A California chiropractor, his wife and their taxpayer representative have been charged with conspiracy to evade the payment of taxes, three counts of tax evasion, and four counts of presenting a fictitious instrument to the IRS.

According to prosecutors, Vincent Steven Booth, 52; Louise Q. Booth, 49, both of Bakersfield, Calif.; and Michael S. Ioane, 48, of Atwater, Calif., conspired together to evade the payment of more than $1.3 million in taxes from 1995 to present by creating sham trusts, filing bogus liabilities against the Booths’ properties to impede the IRS’s collection efforts, submitting “Bills of Exchange” to the IRS in an effort to erase the Booths’ tax liability and creating frivolous deed transfers of the Booths’ properties to keep them out of the reach of the IRS. 

The government alleges the Booths evaded $322,879 in taxes for 1995, $332,737 in taxes for 1996 and $702,414 in taxes for 1997.

If convicted, all three face prison sentences and fines that could exceed $100,000.

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One Response to “California Trio Hit with Tax Evasion Charges”

  1. Teri Says:
    July 27th, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    Any one heard about Mike Ioane, I heard his case was dismissed with prejudice and that the Grand Jury is investigating the prosecutor for lying; can anyone verify this?

    I heard the Civil rights division of the FBI was looking into the public corruption involving the harassment of Mike Ioane and his clients Steven and Louise Booth.

    Is it true that the Fresno Court is actually called the 9th District Court dba United States District Court; I checked the search results of Dun and Brad Street and the district court actually appears as a private run corporation for profit. So I think what this means is that the court in Fresno is actually not a government body; but rather a private for profit corporation. This sounds appalling and kind of like a fraud, what do you think? How can Mike Ioane get a fair trial?

    Anyone speak with Mike Ioane personally, I would like to hear straight from the horse mouth what is going on, in his case.

    You can contact Mike Ioane at 650-679-2780, he usually does not listen to his answering machine, so don’t waste your time leaving a message; however, if you catch him he is a pretty friendly and knowledgeable guy.

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