UNITED STATES v. BASKES

No. 80-2825.

687 F.2d 165 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roger S. BASKES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey M. Silets, Silets & Martin, Theodore A. Sinars, Harris, Burman, Sinars and Jiganti, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

James R. Ferguson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, SWYGERT, Senior Judge, and BAUER, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Roger S. Baskes was found guilty, after a three week jury trial, of conspiring to defraud the government in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and of aiding and abetting in the preparation of false income tax returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2). He appeals. For the reasons stated in this opinion, we affirm.

The conspiracy involved a fraudulent scheme to assist two taxpayers in deferring their tax liability on a seven million dollar...

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